TEG® functional fibrinogen analysis may overestimate fibrinogen levels.
Anesth Analg
; 118(5): 933-5, 2014 May.
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| ID: mdl-24781565
ABSTRACT
Fibrinogen is of crucial importance in patients with ongoing bleeding. In this study, we compared fibrinogen concentration measured by thrombelastography (TEG®) with fibrinogen plasma concentration determined by Clauss. Sixty-three surgical patients and 38 healthy controls were included. For the whole group (patients and controls, n = 101), TEG® functional fibrinogen was on average 1.0 g/L higher than the plasma fibrinogen concentration (3.5 vs 2.5 g/L, 95% confidence interval for difference 0.8 to 1.2 g/L, P < 0.0001). Similar patterns were observed when patients and healthy controls were analysed separately. The fibrinogen level may be overestimated when assessed using TEG® compared with the fibrinogen plasma concentration measured by the conventional method.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tromboelastografia
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Fibrinogênio
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Anesth Analg
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article