International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , January 2006

Evaluation of the platelet function analyzer (PFA-100®) vs. the thromboelastogram (TEG) in the parturient

  • Y. Beilin

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Yaakov Beilin, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Box 1010, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA. Tel.: +212 241 7467; fax: +212 426 2009.
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  • I. Arnold
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  • S. Hossain

,Accepted 1 April 2005.

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☆ Financial support was provided in part by Dade Behring, Inc, Newark, DE, and in part from the Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University. The manuscript was presented in part at the 33rd Annual meeting of The Society for Obstetrical Anesthesia and Perinatology, San Diego, California, April 28, 2001.

PII: S0959-289X(05)00086-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2005.04.013

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , January 2006

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