Minimum discard volume to obtain reliable activated clotting time from the heparinized arterial line


Erden I. A., AYHAN B., OZ G., KANBAK M., ÇELEBİOĞLU B., AYPAR U.

TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, cilt.20, sa.4, ss.794-798, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Özet

Background: This study aims to investigate the reliability of activated clotting time (ACT) by using different discard volumes from the heparinized arterial line.