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ANAESTHESIA
Volume 67, Issue 7, Pages 741-747Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07101.x
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There has been little published work defining normal thromboelastography (TEG (R)) values in healthy parturients, and few large studies defining reference ranges for traditional coagulation tests in this patient group. Our aim was to establish peri-operative reference ranges for TEG and for standard laboratory coagulation tests in our pregnant population. Fifty healthy term parturients presenting for elective caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia had blood samples taken pre-operatively, on arrival in the recovery room and, in a subset of 33 women, 4 h after routine thromboprophylaxis with enoxaparin 40 mg. All three samples had TEG analysis, the first and second having standard laboratory coagulation tests in addition. Reference ranges for our pregnant population were established, demonstrating a hypercoagulable state in term parturients and a significant effect of enoxaparin. The standard coagulation reference ranges were within 98% of the local non-pregnant ranges. These reference ranges provide a useful comparator for peri-operative TEG and routine coagulation analysis in term parturients.
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