Effects of Cardiac Surgery and Salvaged Blood Transfusion on Coagulation Function Assessed by Thromboelastometry

Coagulation function dynamically changes during cardiac surgery and is normalized after surgery. The authors investigated changes of coagulation function during cardiac surgery and after mimicked salvaged blood transfusion (SBT), and determined background risk factors for coagulation dysfunction by thromboelastmetry including maximum clot firmness of fibrinogen assay (FIBTEM-MCF: primary variable).

Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - March 12, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Kyongsuk Son, Takayuki Yamada, Kentaroh Tarao, Yuji Kitamura, Junko Okazaki, Yasunori Sato, Shiroh Isono Tags: Original Article Source Type: research