What is it about?
The statistically significant positive linear relationship observed between MCF and fibrinogen levels (P < .001) suggests that MCF can be used as a surrogate for fibrinogen level.
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Why is it important?
This relationship is of clinical relevance in the calculation of patient-specific dosing of fibrinogen supplementation in this setting.
Perspectives
We now have a tool to dose fibrinogen based on the FIBTEM value.
Dr. Christopher F Tirotta
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
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This page is a summary of: Correlation Between ROTEM FIBTEM Maximum Clot Firmness and Fibrinogen Levels in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients, Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, December 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1076029618816382.
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