Comparison Op Thromboelastographx and Platelet Aggregometry

Peripartum management of a patient with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia using Thrombelastograph ®

“…Pulmonary function testing also differed. Their patient had signs of ®xed extrathoracic airway obstruction, which was partially obscured by mild asthma, 7 whereas pulmonary function tests in our patient demonstrated normal¯ow-volume loops and FEV 1 98%, FEV 1 /FVC 86%, PEFR 93%, PEF 25±75s 83%, VC 101% and IC 107% of predicted values. Hence there was no evidence of ®xed extrathoracic airway obstruction.…”

“…had a 2 cm midsegment tracheal ring stenosis, whereas Goddard and Hughes 7 report that their patient's tracheal ring stenosis extended from just below the vocal cords down to the carina. Our patient had dysmorphic features not present in the other.…”

The Normal Thromboelastogram and Its Interpretation

“…41 Several other authors have recently reported good results using this technique. 16,42 To our knowledge, three mathematical equations have been formulated for evaluating TEG. Scott and Burnett 43 proposed two of them in 1969, both based on Hartert's original constants R, K, and MA: one described the earliest stage of clotting and the other the later stages.…”

Prophylactic hemostatic drugs do not reduce hemorrhage: Thromboelastographic study during upper abdominal surgery

“…TEG is thus a reliable guide for intraoperative therapy for bleeding [5]. TEG has also been reported to be useful for the in vitro assessment of platelet function in whole blood because significant correlations have been demonstrated between TEG variables and platelet aggregometry responses to ADP and collagen [6]. We therefore used TEG with the expectation of gaining additional information on coagulation and fibrinolysis.…”