thromboelastography
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Thromboelastography (TEG) is a method of testing the efficiency of blood coagulation. It is a test mainly used in surgery and anesthesiology, although increasingly used in resuscitations in emergency departments, intensive care units, and labor and delivery suites. More common tests of blood coagulation include prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) which measure coagulation factor function, but TEG also can assess platelet function, clot strength, and fibrinolysis which these other tests cannot.
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Vinony's link graph records 62 inbound references to thromboelastography, and connects out to blood, vein and surgery.
It is catalogued under topics including Blood tests and Coagulation system.
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Research
8,427 papers- Use of Thromboelastography in Clinical Practice.The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice · 2020
- Thromboelastography (TEG).Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2017
- A Review of Thromboelastography for Nurses.Critical care nurse · 2023
- [Thromboelastography].Anestezjologia intensywna terapia · 2011
- Comparison between thromboelastography and thromboelastometry.Minerva anestesiologica · 2019
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
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- Assay types
- Use in treatment
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Thromboelastography (TEG) is a method of testing the efficiency of blood coagulation. It is a test mainly used in surgery and anesthesiology, although increasingly used in resuscitations in emergency departments, intensive care units, and labor and delivery suites. More common tests of blood coagulation include prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) which measure coagulation factor function, but TEG also can assess platelet function, clot strength, and fibrinolysis which these other tests cannot.
Thromboelastometry (TEM), previously named rotational thromboelastography (ROTEG) or rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM), is another version of TEG in which it is the sensor shaft, rather than the cup, that rotates.
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