%0 Journal Article
%T Factor XIII Deficiency and Thrombocytopenia Are Frequent Modulators of Postoperative Clot Firmness in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit
%A Corina Hinnen
%A Manuela Rechsteiner
%A Roger Lussmann
%A Sarah von Rappard
%A Wolfgang Korte
%J Archive of "Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy".
%D 2017
%R 10.1159/000468946
%X Fibrinogen and factor XIII (FXIII) have been shown to critically influence clot firmness in the intraoperative setting and thus likely influence intraoperative bleeding. We were interested to identify potential modulators of postoperative clot firmness in a tertiary care hospital surgical intensive care unit setting, independent of their clinical course during surgery
%K Postoperative bleeding
%K Thrombeloastometry
%K ICU
%K Clot firmness
%K Fibrinogen
%K Platelet count
%K FXIII
%K Colloids
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5425767/