The utility of viscoelastic methods in the prevention and treatment of bleeding and hospital-associated venous thromboembolism in perioperative care: guidance from the SSC of the ISTH

J Thromb Haemost. 2018 Nov;16(11):2336-2340. doi: 10.1111/jth.14265. Epub 2018 Aug 31.

Authors

W Thomas¹, C-M Samama², A Greinacher³, B J Hunt⁴; Subcommittee on Perioperative and Critical Care

Affiliations

¹ Department of Haematology, Haemophilia and Thrombophilia Centre, Box 217, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Cochin University Hospital, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
³ Institut für Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Greifswald, Germany.
⁴ Thrombosis and Haemophilia Centre, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 30171663
DOI: 10.1111/jth.14265

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants
Blood Coagulation
Cardiology / standards*
Elasticity
Fibrinogen / analysis
Hemorrhage / therapy*
Hemostasis*
Hospitalization
Humans
Perioperative Care
Perioperative Period
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Venous Thromboembolism / blood*
Venous Thromboembolism / therapy*
Viscosity

Substances

Anticoagulants
Fibrinogen