Citrate does not change viscoelastic haemostatic assays after cardiopulmonary bypass

Context: Viscoelastic hemostatic assays (VHA) are commonly used to identify specific cellular and humoral causes for bleeding in cardiac surgery patients. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) alterations to coagulation are observable on VHA. Citrated VHA can approximate fresh whole blood VHA when kaolin is...

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Main Authors: Benjamin M Kristobak, Margaret L McCarthy, Ryan J Keneally, Keith D Amberman, Harvey J Ellis, Robert C Call
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2022;volume=25;issue=4;spage=453;epage=459;aulast=Kristobak