Management of a postpartum coagulopathy using thrombelastography
| Autor: | Richard L. Vera, William C. Stegall, Charles W. Whitten, Shiv K. Sharma |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Severe bleeding
Adult medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Vaginal delivery Postpartum Hemorrhage Twins medicine.disease Thrombelastography Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Pregnancy Reference Values Anesthesia medicine Coagulopathy Humans Female Intensive care medicine business Hemostatic function |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical anesthesia. 9(3) |
| ISSN: | 0952-8180 |
| Popis: | Thrombelastography (TEG), which evaluates the elastic properties of whole blood and provides a global assessment of hemostatic function, is useful in managing peripartum coagulopathy. A case of severe bleeding after vaginal delivery, in which TEG was used successfully to manage hemostatic defects, is presented. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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