Open AccessComparison of thromboelastography with routine laboratory coagulation parameters to assess the hemostatic profile and prognosticate postoperative critically ill patients
Author(s) -
Amrita Bhattacharyya,
Prabhat Tewari,
Devendra Gupta
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/aca.aca_162_19
Subject(s) - medicine , thromboelastography , coagulation testing , coagulopathy , fibrinogen , coagulation , prospective cohort study , prothrombin time , partial thromboplastin time , observational study , critically ill , thromboelastometry , anesthesia , surgery
Patients undergoing surgery often demonstrate coagulopathy. Usually, this derangement in coagulation is assessed by the laboratory based evaluation of blood samples. However, collection of samples, their transportation to the lab, and the analyses can result in several errors and as such these tests may not be representative of the complete coagulation process. In our study, we compared the lab coagulation parameters with the point of care TEG indices and attempted to compare the outcome prediction of our patients based on the TEG indices and the various practiced ICU scores.