Establishment of normal reference intervals in dogs using a viscoelastic point-of-care coagulation monitor and its comparison with thromboelastography

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Veröffentlicht in:Veterinary clinical pathology. - 1975. - 49(2020), 4 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 567-573
1. Verfasser: Buriko, Yekaterina (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Drobatz, Kenneth, Silverstein, Deborah C
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Veterinary clinical pathology
Schlagworte:Journal Article analyzer clotting device hemostasis
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Zusammenfassung:© 2020 American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology.
BACKGROUND: Viscoelastic coagulation devices are a useful adjunct to the evaluation of hemostasis in veterinary patients. VCM Vet is a point-of-care device that is simple in operation and could be used to diagnose and trend hemostatic abnormalities in sick patients. VCM Vet does not use activators
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to establish reference intervals (RIs) for VCM Vet in a healthy adult canine population and concurrently perform thromboelastographic (TEG) analysis on these samples with and without tissue factor (TF) activation for RI comparisons
METHODS: Duplicate VCM Vet tests were performed immediately upon sample collection. Two concurrent TEG tests were performed on the remaining blood, one citrated, untreated (CU), and one activated with TF at a 1:3600 dilution
RESULTS: Fifty-two dogs were enrolled in the study. The following RIs were generated for VCM Vet machine 1 and 2, respectively: clot time (CT) (seconds) 163-480 and 172-457; clot formation time (CFT) (seconds) 104-288 and 94-252, α-angle (degrees) 41-65 and 44-66, and maximum clot firmness (MCF) (no units) 27-43 and 30-46. Moderate to good correlations were observed between the two machines with Lin's concordance correlation coefficients of 0.51-0.9 and a P < 0.002. TEG RIs were similar to previously reported values
CONCLUSIONS: VCM Vet RIs were generated. Each VCM Vet device should have a unique RI established due to inter-device variability. Direct correlations of VCM Vet values with TEG parameters were not performed due to the narrow range of the normal values and the need to evaluate patients with a wide range of hemostatic abnormalities
Beschreibung:Date Completed 17.09.2021
Date Revised 17.09.2021
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1939-165X
DOI:10.1111/vcp.12926