THE DISPARITY BETWEEN HYPOTHERMIC COAGULOPATHY AND CLOTTING STUDIES
THE DISPARITY BETWEEN HYPOTHERMIC COAGULOPATHY AND CLOTTING STUDIES
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DOI:
10.1097/00005373-199209000-00022
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发表时间:
1992-09-01
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FISCHER, RP
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作者:
REED, RL;JOHNSTON, TD;FISCHER, RP
Hypothermic patients commonly develop coagulopathy, but the effects of hypothermia on coagulation remain unclear because clinical laboratories routinely perform clotting tests only at 37-degrees-C. Measurements of activated partial thromboplastin times (APTT), prothrombin times (PT), and thrombin times (TT) were performed on plasma from normothermic and hypothermic rats at a range of temperatures (25-degrees-37-degrees-C) to assess the effects of hypothermia on apparent clotting factor levels and clotting factor activities. In general, clotting times were more severely prolonged when test temperatures were hypothermic than when body temperatures were hypothermic. Indeed, little to no prolongation resulted from body hypothermia alone. These findings reveal the observed disparity between clinically evident hypothermic coagulopathy and near-normal clotting studies. Clotting studies performed at 37-degrees-C will not confirm hypothermic coagulopathy. These results indicate that the appropriate treatment for hypothermia-induced coagulopathy is rewarming rather than administration of clotting factors.