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Leveraging Turbidity and Thromboelastography for Complementary Clot Characterization
Published on: June 4, 2020
[Diagnostic Value of Thromboelastography for Acute Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation]
Ying Wang1, Yan Yan2, Zhong-Li Wang1
1Department of Laboratorian Medicine, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116000, Liaoning Province, China.
Objective:
To investigate the diagnostic value of thromboelastography(TEG) for acute disseminated intravascular coagulation(DIC).
Methods:
The clinical data and data of blood routine indexes, blood coagulation indexes and TEG indexes of acute 155 DIC patients were collected and analyzed retrospectively.
Results:
The CDSS scores of DIC and non-DIC groups were 9.2±1.4 and 4.2±1.1 respectively, and the CDSS scores of DIC group was significantly higher than those in non-DIC group(P<0.05). The PLT level in DIC group was significantly lower than that in non-DIC group(P<0.05), the PT, APTT, INT, DD and FIB levels in DIC group were significantly higher than those in non-DIC group(P<0.05). The R time, K time and LY30 in DIC group were significantly higher than those in non-DIC group(P<0.05), and the α and MA in DIC group were significantly lower than those in non-DIC group(P<0.05). ROC curve analysis showed that the best cutoff value of R time, K time, α, MA and LY30 were 8.4 min, 6.2 min, 52.5°, 43.2 mm and 6.7% respectively. The AUC of total scores≥1, ≥2, ≥3 and ≥4 were 0.552, 0.650, 0.687 and 0.613 respectively.
Conclusion:
The TEG possesses the certain value in the diagnosing of DIC.
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