Venous air embolism induces both platelet dysfunction and thrombocytopenia

Simon Schäfer, Anja Neumann, Jochen Lindemann, Klaus Görlinger, Jürgen Peters

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2009 · 25 citations · 19 references

Abstract

VAE induces both a dose-dependent decrease in platelet count and a marked decrease in platelet aggregation, independent of thrombocytopenia (P<0.05 vs. baseline).

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