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Episode 86: Thromboelastography with Bob Sikorski

Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast

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Is There a Direct Suppression of Plavix?

Plavix affects aggregation of platelets whereas Asperd affects platelet adhesion basically collagen base to the vessel wall. We can actually get percent inhibition functional fibrinogen and overall MA of thrombin right the normal thrombin gives us that initial MA but we can tease out every component of that depending on what you add to that. What you then what the lab can do is actually give you a percent inhibition and a raw ADP MA and arachidonic acid MA in the terms of aspirin or the cyclo oxygen A strong box A to pathway in in Terms of ADP and Plavix. cool opportunity just to weigh the temperature component of this as well so

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