Higher coagulation activity in hip fracture patients: A case-control study using rotational thromboelastometry.

Andreas G TsantesIoannis G TrikoupisDimitrios V PapadopoulosKonstantina A TsanteAndreas F MavrogenisPanagiotis KoulouvarisOlga D SavvidouVasilios A KontogeorgakosDaniele PiovaniAnastasios G KriebardisStefanos BonovasPanayiotis J PapagelopoulosArgirios E Tsantes

Published in: International journal of laboratory hematology (2020)

A higher coagulation activity following hip fractures and surgical treatment can be detected by ROTEM shortly after the injury, even when this is undetectable by conventional coagulation assays.

Keyphrases

hip fracture
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
high throughput
total hip arthroplasty