- Oct 18th, 2017
- Rukayat Balogun
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- Aug 27th, 2017
- Erica Simon
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A 37-year-old trauma patient, involved in a motor vehicle collision six hours prior to arrival and stabilized at a county hospital, is transferred to your ED. A nurse notes blood oozing from the man's central and peripheral lines. What laboratory studies do you order? If you're in need of a refresher, take a look at this week's review of disseminated intravascular coagulation.
- Jul 11th, 2017
- Aaron Deeds
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- May 24th, 2017
- Kristine Jeffers
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- Mar 6th, 2017
- Richard Wroblewski
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- Feb 9th, 2017
- Jessica Fujimoto
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- Dec 21st, 2016
- Erica Simon
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Thromboelastography is a mechanism of assessing coagulation based upon the viscoelastic properties of whole blood, and when compared to other coagulation assessments, this test allows for an assessment of near real-time, in-vivo clotting capacity. The point-of-care assay, which uses graphic interpretation of thromboelastography (the TEG), offers the opportunity for an expedited assessment of coagulopathies (thrombocytopenia, factor deficiency, heparin effect, hypofibrinogenemia, and hyperfibrinolysis). How can you use this modality in the ED? This post is full of pearls on interpreting TEG.