Monitoring anticoagulation and hemostasis in cardiac surgery.
The need to monitor anticoagulation and hemostasis during and after cardiac surgery has led to recognition of the importance of evaluation and use of hemostasis monitors in this setting. Consequently, rapid and accurate identification of abnormal hemostasis has been the major impetus for the development of point-of-care tests and their use in transfusion algorithms for cardiac surgical and other critically ill patients.
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Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Box 1010, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. Linda.Shore@msnyuhealth.org
D000465:Algorithms; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative
D000925:Anticoagulants