Thromboelastometry in Assessment of Sepsis Coagulopathy

Evaluation of Thromboelastometry in Sepsis in Correlation to Bleeding During Invasive Procedures

The purpose of this study is to analyze occurence of bleeding complications during invasive procedures in septic patients with normal tromboelastometry results despite prolonged standard coagulation tests results

Inclusion Criteria:

• sepsis/septic shock
• prolonged PT-INR (international normalized ratio) ≥ 1.3
• normal ROTEM-EXTEM results.

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients on antiplatelet drugs or anticoagulant therapy (heparin, vitamin K antagonists…)
• patients with cirrhosis