Coagulopathy and placental abruption: changing management with ROTEM-guided fibrinogen concentrate therapy |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust, Truro, Cornwall, UK;2. Blood Transfusion Department, Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust, Truro, Cornwall, UK;1. Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, United States;2. Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children''s Hospital, Houston, TX, United States;3. Department of Anesthesiology and Obstetric and Gynecologic Anesthesiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, United States |
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Abstract: | Placental abruption may cause significant haemorrhage and coagulopathy that can progress rapidly due to simultaneous consumption and depletion of clotting factors. Plasma fibrinogen levels are predictive of further haemorrhage. Rapid detection and treatment of hypofibrinogenaemia is essential in the evolving clinical and haematological situation. The use of near-patient testing of coagulation using rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) allows dynamic monitoring of coagulopathy. Following the introduction of fibrinogen concentrate into our unit, a ROTEM-guided algorithm was developed for use in obstetric haemorrhage. We describe four cases of placental abruption, haemorrhage and severe coagulopathy that span the introduction of the algorithm. Three cases were associated with intrauterine death and the fourth with delivery of an extremely premature neonate. Rotational thromboelastometry was used in all cases but methods of fibrinogen replacement differ, illustrating evolving management of the condition in our unit. |
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Keywords: | Placental abruption Coagulopathy Rotational thromboelastometry Hypofibrinogenaemia Fibrinogen concentrate |
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