A Review of the Current Role of Blood Clotting Analyzers in Clinical Practice

Title:A Review of the Current Role of Blood Clotting Analyzers in Clinical Practice

Volume: 17 Issue: 3

Author(s): Karan Sarode*, Saad S. Hussain, Alan Tyroch and Debabrata Mukherjee

Affiliation:

• Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, Texas, TX,United States

Keywords: Viscoelastic tests, clot analyzer, coagulopathy, trauma, surgery, coagulation tests.

Abstract: Background: Viscoelastic tests (VETs) such as thromboelastography, rotational thromboelastography, and the Sonoclot Analyzer assess the entire process of clot formation through dissolution in real-time, and may provide additional therapeutic value to conventional laboratory coagulation tests. With the ability to obtain rapid results and identify specific coagulopathies, VETs has been examined in a variety of clinical scenarios, including cardiac surgery, trauma, obstetric emergencies, and liver transplant.

Conclusion: This review provides a summary of clinical trials utilizing VETs in the aforementioned clinical scenarios, and suggests that VETs have demonstrated a capability to identify coagulopathies, utility in guiding algorithms to reduce the amount of transfusions, and a limited ability to predict bleeding events or mortality.

Cite this article as:

Sarode Karan *, Hussain S. Saad , Tyroch Alan and Mukherjee Debabrata , A Review of the Current Role of Blood Clotting Analyzers in Clinical Practice, Cardiovascular & Hematological Disorders-Drug Targets 2017; 17 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871529X17666171030120851