Comparing Point of Care Clotting Tests in the OR Versus Standard Laboratory Clotting Tests

Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00892905

07-467

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is determine the agreement of point of care (POC) clotting tests (INR and aPTT) by the POC device by Hemochron Jr versus standard laboratory clotting tests (INR and aPTT) in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery.

Full description

The study is a correlation between POC Hemochron Jr INR and aPTT with the standard.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• did not receive anticoagulants or clopidogrel within 5 days preoperatively

Exclusion criteria

• history of coagulopathy
• heparin resistance
• receiving heparin or warfarin
• hepatic or renal dysfunction
• pregnancy
• urgent or emergency cases

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

POC INR and APTT Hemochron

Description:

Adult patients undergoing elective on pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery who have not received anticoagulants or clopidogrel within 5 days preoperatively.