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Blood coagulation and fibrinolysis after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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PMID:  20559667     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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BACKGROUND: Aneurysmal rebleeding poses a serious risk in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Studies have shown that antifibrinolytic therapy with tranexamic acid has a dramatic effect on the rate of rebleeding. Therefore, changes in the fibrinolytic system could be hypothesized.
METHODS: We have used an experimental SAH rat model to demonstrate serial changes in the haemostatic system as evaluated by Thromboelastography (TEG).
RESULTS: In the SAH group, a shorter reaction time (R-time) and higher maximum amplitude (MA) were observed. In the saline group, only a shorter R-time was observed.
CONCLUSIONS: The study has shown that a hypercoagulable state is present immediately after experimental SAH is induced as determined by TEG. The reduction in R-time and rise in MA observed in the SAH group indicate that blood in the subarachnoid space is necessary to accomplish a full systemic coagulation response. This abnormality in coagulation profile seems to be a response to the acute traumatic event caused by induction of SAH.
Authors:
Carl C Larsen; Jacob Hansen-Schwartz; Jørn D Nielsen; Jens Astrup
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-06-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta neurochirurgica     Volume:  152     ISSN:  0942-0940     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Neurochir (Wien)     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-25     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0151000     Medline TA:  Acta Neurochir (Wien)     Country:  Austria    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1577-81; discussion 1581     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark. larsen-cc@hotmail.com
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