Baseline parameters for rotational thrombo-elastometry (ROTEM ®) in healthy pregnant Australian women: A comparison of labouring and non-labouring women at term

Rotational thrombo-elastometry (ROTEM ®; Instrumentation LaboratoryTM, Munich, Germany) is a point-of-care visco-elastic test of coagulation that is well established in hepatic and cardiac surgery, obstetrics and trauma.1,2 Women become more hypercoagulable as pregnancy progresses through the three trimesters and this has been measured by both thrombo-elastography and rotational thrombo-elastometry in uncomplicated pregnancies.3 To date there has been a paucity of substantial, well-researched reference ranges for ROTEM® in pregnant labouring and non-labouring women.

Source: International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia - November 17, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: J. Lee, K.H. Wyssusek, R.M.N. Kimble, M. Way, A.A. van Zundert, J. Cohen, J. Rowell, V.A. Eley Tags: Original Article Source Type: research