Thromboelastography: A Practice Summary for Nurse Practitioners Treating Hemorrhage

• Published in: Journal for nurse practitioners Vol. 11; no. 7; pp. 702 - 709
• Main Authors: Bose, Eliezer, Hravnak, Marilyn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Anticoagulants; Blood platelets; coagulopathy; fibrinolysis; Hemorrhage; Mortality; Plasma; Surgery; thromboelastogram; thromboelastography; thromboelastometry; trauma; viscoelastic testing; Viscoelasticity; fibrinolysis; trauma; thromboelastogram; viscoelastic testing; coagulopathy; thromboelastometry; thromboelastography; hemorrhage; Thromboelastography

Nurse practitioners may manage patients with coagulopathic bleeding, which can lead to life-threatening hemorrhage. Routine plasma-based tests such as prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time are inadequate in diagnosing hemorrhagic coagulopathy. Indiscriminate administration of fr...