The feasibility of the noninvasive assessment of blood 'coagulability' (the tendency to coagulate) has been tested by using a novel device, the Thrombo-Monitor. It monitors, by using the principles of near infra-red (NIR) dynamic light scattering, the tendency of blood to create clots. The Thrombo-Monitor observes the very initial changes of blood viscosity, which occurs due to the temporarily ...

THE effect of alimentary lipemia on coagulation has been a matter of controversy for most of the past decade. Reports have confirmed and denied an acceleration of whole blood coagulation.'-'0 A considerable amount of evidence is growing that purports to show lipemia as a factor in the pathogenesis of thrombotic disease, and perhaps even a factor in the genesis of atheroselerosis.1' These specul...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The endogenous thrombin potential (ETP) represents the balance between pro- and anti-coagulant forces operating in plasma and can be used to investigate hyper- and hypo-coagulability. As a preliminary step to larger clinical studies we investigated the effect on ETP of phospholipids, tissue factor (TF) and residual platelets in frozen plasma. DESIGN AND METHODS We in...

Abstract Goals/Purpose Perioperative management of estradiol therapy varies considerably among plastic surgeons performing aesthetic surgeries. This study aimed to review available literature regarding perioperative in surgery patients, and the risk it poses for developing VTE period. Methods/Technique A search was performed using online databases identify studies evaluating patients taking ora...