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Point of Care Testing in Cardiac Surgery: Diagnostic Modalities to Assess Coagulation and Platelet Function
Author(s) -
Stafford Marshall,
Weitzel Nathaen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
drug development research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1098-2299
pISSN - 0272-4391
DOI - 10.1002/ddr.21099
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , cardiopulmonary bypass , platelet , platelet inhibition , intensive care medicine , modalities , point of care testing , point of care , coagulation , cardiac surgery , cardiology , surgery , platelet aggregation , pathology , social science , sociology
Preclinical ResearchPoint of Care testing in the perioperative arena is a high priority topic, specifically in cardiac surgery where a majority of perioperative blood transfusions occur. Platelet function in particular is of interest in cardiac surgery as cardiopulmonary bypass itself creates known platelet dysfunction, but also because more and more patients are on antiplatelet agents due to coronary stenting procedures. This review will focus on presenting current data relating to platelet function in the perioperative setting, along with a brief review of general coagulation concepts.