Point-of-care testing in the acute management of traumatic brain injury: Identifying the coagulopathic patient.

CONCLUSIONS: The coagulopathy POC panel consisting of r-TEG and VN-ASA successfully identified a subset of TBI patients with an occult coagulopathy that would have otherwise been missed. Standardization of these POC assays on admission in TBI may help guide patient resuscitation in the acute setting. PMID: 28480110 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28480110?dopt=Abstract

Source: Surgical Neurology International - May 10, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research