INTRODUCTION The majority of patients seeking medical treatment for snakebites do not suffer from severe envenomation. However, no guidelines exist for ordering coagulation markers in patients with minimal or moderate envenomation, nor in those who do not receive antivenom. In this study, we sought to determine whether it was possible to limit the practice of ordering coagulation studies to tho...

Amounts of alphas1-casein (as1-CN), protein, fat, SNF and total solids were measured in 125 goat milk samples. Coagulation time, coagulation rate and curd ®rmness were measured in 75 goat milk samples by dynamic mechanical analysis using a Bohlin VOR Rheometer. After adjustments were made for month, time of milk collection and animal age, it was con®rmed that goat milk with high percent total s...

BACKGROUND Disorders of coagulation have long been associated with inflammatory bowel disease. Children, as well as adults, with both active and inactive ulcerative colitis have been found to have abnormal coagulation and fibrinolysis. Disseminated intravascular coagulation arises from an overwhelming of the haemostatic regulatory mechanisms leading to an excessive generation of thrombin and a ...

Monitoring hemostasis is now possible by different modalities, of which the point of care devices seem most helpful to the clinician in the operating room. Most of these monitors are being used in the cardiac population, and their significance in other fields remains to be assessed.

Case 1: Mr F, a 75-year-old man with diabetes, was admitted with non–ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndrome. In addition to other medications, he is receiving 1 mg/kg enoxaparin every 12 hours. He is scheduled for cardiac catheterization later in the afternoon. Earlier this morning, his activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) was 30 seconds. How should his anticoagulants be managed? ...

The risk of severe haemorrhage in pregnancy is well recognized, and uncontrolled bleeding remains a major cause of maternal death throughout the world, including the British Isles. The haemochorial system of human placentation carries with it an inherent risk of haemorrhage and this probably explains why the serious congenital disorders of haemostasis are predominantly found in the male. In pre...

By using natural softwood pulp with higher degree of polymerization (DP=1460)as cellulose source and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride([BMIM]Cl)ionic liquid as solvent, a novel cellulose packaging film was prepared. The effects of coagulation types, concentration of coagulation and temperature on the structure, mechanical property, permeability for oxygen and water vapor were measured. The i...

Coagulation abnormalities are common in severe pneumonia and sepsis, yet little is known about the presence of coagulopathy or its significance in patients with lesser illness severity. We examined coagulation abnormalities in 939 subjects hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in 28 US hospitals, hypothesizing that abnormalities would increase with illness severity and poor outco...

This study focuses on the coagulation mechanism by the purified coagulant solution (MOC-SC-PC) with the coagulation active component extracted from M. oleifera seeds using salt solution. The addition of MOC-SC-PC tap water formed insoluble matters. This formation was responsible for kaolin coagulation. On the other hand, insoluble matters were not formed when the MOC-SC-PC was added into distil...