S4 Ep. 4: Bad blood, part 2 (ROTEM)

In this episode, we're continuing our discussion about ROTEM or rotational thromboelastometry.

We start by working through the interpretation of ROTEM results for specific clotting abnormalities before going on to talk about more complex coagulopathies seen in trauma patients and in the bleeding obstetric patient. Lastly, we discuss the limitations to ROTEM interpretation. 

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Resources for today's episode:

ROTEM e-learning modules from the ROTEM website:
https://learning.rotem.de/en/ 

Normal and abnormal ROTEM temograms from the Deranged Physiology website (see this website for the images of the abnormal temograms that we work through in this episode):
https://derangedphysiology.com/main/required-reading/haematology-and-oncology/Chapter%201.2.0.1/intepretation-abnormal-rotem-data

ROTEM product information and interpretation instructions with case examples:
https://www.ttuhsc.edu/medicine/odessa/internal/documents/ttim-manual/ROTEM_Analysis.pdf 

ROTEM Interpretation Flow Diagram from the NHS Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals:
https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/library/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/12/ROTEM-interpretation.pdf 

ANZCA 2017 Blue Book:
https://www.anzca.edu.au/getattachment/5843b1ab-6599-453d-b55c-08450db9520e/Australasian-Anaesthesia-2017#page=  

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