Sonoclot Analyzer, ACT Machine India, Thromboelastography, Cardiac Surgery, Liver Transplant

Bleeding Risk Assessment By Sonoclot in Severe Immune Thrombocytopenia Kundan   Mishra ,  Pankaj   Malhotra ,  Aditya   Jandial ,  Lad Deepesh Pravin   Kumar ,  Neelam   Varma ,  R K   Dhiman ,  Uday   Yanamandra ,  Alka   Khadwal ,  Gaurav   Prakash ,  Jasmina   Ahluwalia  and  Subhash   Varma Abstract Patients of Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) are at increased risk of bleeding and the risk increases with decreasing platelet count. Although in patients of severe ITP (platelet < 30x109/L), the risk of bleeding is the highest yet not all patients bleed. If bleeders and non-bleeders in severe ITP can be reliably differentiated, the financial, physical and social burden can be significantly reduced. However, the available investigations have not been able to serve this purpose. Therefore, we included sonoclot; a global test of coagulation, as a tool to assess the risk o...