Episode 86: Thromboelastography with Bob Sikorski
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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Clot Formation
The difference between the fiber engine MA and the platelet MA is actually your fiber engine component to that clot. So we can then tease that out and get more of an in-depth look at our clot formation. We're really right through anti-thrombin 3 where we're inhibiting really the thrombin activation of the platelets basically if we take it back one more step. To the mix is added reptilase reptilase is a thrombin surrogate that's not affected by anti-thrubin 3. By adding replays in factor 13 we get a fiber and fiber engine MA.
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