The role of rapid thromboelastography in XXXX .

@entity1 @entity772 @entity130
Evaluation of: Hampton DA, Lee TH, Diggs BJ, McCully SP, Schreiber MA. A predictive model of early mortality in @entity130 @entity1 . Am. J. Surg. 207(5), 642-647 (2014). In their prospective multi-centred observational study, Hampton et al. tested the ability of rapid thromboelastography (r-TEG) to predict mortality in @entity130 @entity1 . A total of 795 @entity1 were assessed. The authors analysed both @entity1 demographic and physiological measures. Validation of variables that significantly related to mortality was subsequently undertaken. Ly30 (a measurement of the degree of clot lysis over 30 min) was observed to be a predictor of 24-h mortality in @entity130 (odds ratio 3.7 p = 0.03). This was incorporated with haemoglobin level, international normalized ratio, Glasgow @entity772 Score and the presence of penetrating injury to form their five-variable mortality prediction model. Hampton et al. conclude that the correlation between r-TEG measurements and @entity130 mortality makes it a useful tool in mortality prediction. The report highlights the importance of using this point-of-care coagulation assessment machine in mortality prediction for @entity130 @entity1 .
