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Table 1 Time course of fibrinogen concentration and laboratory-based test

From: The value of the portable fibrinogen measuring device—a case report of severe postpartum hemorrhage with obstetric disseminated intravascular coagulation

  

Point-of-care measurement

Laboratory measurement

 

Total amount of bleeding (g)

Fib (mg/dL)

Fib (mg/dL)

Hb (g/dL)

Plt (109/L)

APTT (s)

PT (%)

FDP (μg/mL)

AT (%)

At arrival

8375

250

243

6.2

23

49.7

97

12.7

66

After administration of 3 g of fibrinogen concentration

–

258

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

After administration of 10 U of FFP, 10 U of RBC and 20 U of platelets

10225

261

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

At the end of operation (after additional administration of 2 U of FFP and 2 U of RBC)

10685

256

203

6.4

50

50

90

40.4

57

  1. Along with blood sampling for ordinal laboratory tests, we measured fibrinogen concentration using a portable fibrinogen measuring device at the point of care. A laboratory-based test later showed that her plasma fibrinogen level prior to the operation was 243 mg/dL, which matched very well to the result of the portable device. The laboratory-based test showed low platelets and hemoglobin. We started to transfuse platelets and PRBCs before the operation. Fib fibrinogen, Hb hemoglobin, Plt platelets, APTT activated partial thromboplastin time, PT prothrombin time, FDP fibrin degradation products, AT antithrombin, FFP fresh frozen plasma, PRBCs packed red blood cells
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