Multicenter Evaluation of the Quantra QPlus System in Adult Patients Undergoing Major Surgical Procedures

• Published in: Anesthesia and analgesia Vol. 130; no. 4; pp. 899 - 909
• Main Authors: Groves, Danja S., Welsby, Ian J., Naik, Bhiken I., Tanaka, Kenichi, Hauck, Jennifer N., Greenberg, Charles S., Winegar, Deborah A., Viola, Francesco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the International Anesthesia Research Society 01.04.2020; International Anesthesia Research Society
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Algorithms; Blood Coagulation; Blood Coagulation Tests - instrumentation; Blood Coagulation Tests - methods; Blood Loss, Surgical; Blood Viscosity; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods; Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Elasticity; Female; Fibrinogen - analysis; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Monitoring, Intraoperative - instrumentation; Monitoring, Intraoperative - methods; Platelet Count; Prospective Studies; Reproducibility of Results; ROC Curve; Thrombelastography - instrumentation; Thrombelastography - methods; Whole Blood Coagulation Time

BACKGROUND:The management of perioperative bleeding and the optimization of the available therapies are subjects of significant clinical interest. Clinical guidelines recommend the use of whole blood viscoelastic testing devices to target the utilization of blood products during major surgical proce...