Comparison of thromboelastometry (ROTEM®) with standard plasmatic coagulation testing in paediatric surgery

• Published in: British journal of anaesthesia : BJA Vol. 108; no. 1; pp. 36 - 41
• Main Authors: Haas, T., Spielmann, N., Mauch, J., Madjdpour, C., Speer, O., Schmugge, M., Weiss, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2012; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Anesthesia; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Coagulation Tests - methods; Blood Coagulation Tests - standards; blood, coagulation; Child; Child, Preschool; complication, coagulopathy; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Female; Fibrinogen - analysis; Guidelines as Topic; Hospitals, Pediatric; Humans; Infant; Male; measurement techniques, coagulation; measurement techniques, thrombelastograph; Medical sciences; Partial Thromboplastin Time; Pediatrics - methods; Prospective Studies; Prothrombin Time; Quality Control; Reference Standards; Surgical Procedures, Operative - methods; Thrombelastography - methods; Thrombelastography - standards; complication, coagulopathy; measurement techniques, thrombelastograph; measurement techniques, coagulation; blood, coagulation; Human; measurement techniques; Hemopathy; blood; coagulation; Measurement technique; Surgery; Anesthesia; Complication; thrombelastograph; Child; Coagulopathy; Comparative study

Thromboelastometry (ROTEM®) might be useful to detect intraoperative coagulation disorders early in major paediatric surgery. This observational trial compares this technique to standard coagulation tests. Intraoperative blood sampling was obtained in children undergoing elective major surgery. At e...