Is five-minute parameter of thromboelastometry sufficient to detect thrombocytopenia and hypofibrinogenaemia in patients undergoing liver transplantation?
A5 as an early variable of clot firmness is effective in detecting critically low PLT and Fib. A5 can therefore be a reliable fast index guiding transfusion therapy in hypocoagulable patients undergoing LDLT.
Serum osteocalcin is inversely associated with the MS as well as the severity of coronary atherosclerosis in Chinese men, supporting the new concept that bone has the reciprocal regulation with energy metabolism.