Thromboelastography

Thromboelastography in veterinary medicine.

Thromboelastography (TEG) has been used in experimental animal studies since the early 1960s and in a routine clinical setting for the past decade. From the data currently available, it is clear that both the scope and limitations of TEG in animals resemble those observed in humans. TEG has been used to diagnose hypercoagulability in animals with disseminated intravascular coagulation, various ...

Thromboelastometry vs. thromboelastography

A Review of Thromboelastography

This is the first of two articles describing the uses of point of care testing in coagulation management. The first article describes the basis of thromboelastography with its physical principles and uses. The second describes discussions of case studies in clinical scenarios.

Thromboelastography (teg) in Trauma

EVIDENCE DEFINITIONS  Class I: Prospective randomized controlled trial.  Class II: Prospective clinical study or retrospective analysis of reliable data. Includes observational, cohort, prevalence, or case control studies.  Class III: Retrospective study. Includes database or registry reviews, large series of case reports, expert opinion.  Technology assessment: A technology study which doe...

Thromboelastography: past, present, and future.

THIS issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY contains an article by Camenzind et al. regarding the influence of citrate storage on thromboelastography (TEG Haemascope Corp.). Although the TEG is most commonly performed on a native (uncitrated) sample, the use of citrated blood permits longer delays after sample acquisition, thus facilitating ancillary or research laboratory analysis. Camenzind et al. nicely ou...