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Learning about thromboelastography (TEG).
- Tom Fadial
@thame

#Diagnosis #Hematology #Coagulation #Pharmacology #Thromboelastogram #TEG #Interpretation #Thromboelastography #Laboratory
thromboelastography (TEG ... Thromboelastogram #TEG ... #Interpretation ... Thromboelastography #Laboratory
Thromboelastogram (TEG) Important Patterns

#Diagnosis #Hematology #Coagulation #Thromboelastogram #TEG #Patterns #Interpretation #Laboratory
Thromboelastogram (TEG ... Thromboelastogram #TEG ... #Patterns #Interpretation ... #Laboratory
Recently TEG has emerged as a more integrative approach which explores both clotting factors and cellular
Recently TEG has ... introduction to TEG ... Thromboelastogram #TEG ... #Interpretation ... #Laboratory #Hematology
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
common for coag-neg ... #Contaminant #Contamination ... Diagnosis #BCx #Laboratory ... #Interpretation
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Guide to Interpretation ... BCx #Positive #Interpretation ... #Contaminant #Contamination ... #Interpretation ... #Laboratory #Microbiology
Normal Thromboelastogram - Specific parameters represent the 3 phases of the cell-based model of haemostasis: initiation,
Thromboelastogram #TEG ... #Normal #Interpretation ... #Laboratory
Thromboelastography (trademarked as TEG)
 • Graphical representation of the fibrin polymerization process
 • Point-of-care anti-coagulation monitoring
trademarked as TEG ... routine transfusion algorithms ... Thromboelastogram #TEG ... #interpretation
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
Mucormycosis • Neg ... formulations (eg ... translocation), Contamination ... FalsePositives #Laboratory
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm ... in most cases; interpretation ... dependent upon local laboratory ... #differential #algorithm