Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH
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J. Thromb. Haemost. · Jun 2019
Meta AnalysisThromboelastography-guided therapy improves patient blood management and certain clinical outcomes in elective cardiac and liver surgery and emergency resuscitation: A systematic review and analysis.
Essentials TEG-guided therapy has been shown to be valuable in a number of surgical settings. This systematic review and analysis specifically evaluated the effects of TEG-guided therapy. TEG-guided therapy can improve blood product utilization and enhance resource management. Use of TEG improved key patient outcomes, including bleed rate, length of stay and mortality.