Is fibrin formation more impaired than thrombin generation and platelets immediately following cardiac surgery?
Fibrin formation is more impaired than thrombin generation and the platelet component of the whole blood clot immediately after cardiopulmonary bypass.
Similar numbers of SBL and SBA occurred in the study period. Their clinical presentation was similar although perforation was more common in the SBL group. One-third of all SBL patients (over half of T-cell lymphomas) had distant villous atrophy, indicating that small bowel lymphoma appears to be significantly associated with unrecognized coeliac disease.