ArticleCritical care research and practice2019
Correlation between Maximum Clot Firmness in FIBTEM and Fibrinogen Level in Critical Trauma Patients.
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- Management of Hereditary Hypofibrinogenemia During Pregnancy: A Scoping Review Towards Personalized Obstetric Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Platelet count, fibrinogen and ROTEM® parameters predict deep vein thrombosis in elderly patients with femoral fracture.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2026Article
- Severe Hereditary Hypofibrinogenemia in Pregnancy: A Case Report of a Novel Obstetrical Management with Thromboelastometry Guided Fibrinogen Supplementation.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Clinical Significance of Rotational Thromboelastometry (ROTEM) for Detection of Early Coagulopathy in Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring the interchangeable roles of fibrinogen and FIBTEM in patients with sepsis.Therapeutic advances in hematology · 2025Article
- Basic Principles of Rotational Thromboelastometry (ROTEMDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Congenital Afibrinogenemia and Hypofibrinogenemia: Laboratory and Genetic Testing in Rare Bleeding Disorders with Life-Threatening Clinical Manifestations and Challenging Management.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundBoth fibrinogen level and rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM®) are accurate tests to demonstrate a bleeding tendency. FIBTEM® is one type of ROTEM test to determine the function of fibrinogen. An advantage of FIBTEM is helping physicians make proper decisions for blood component transfusions. However, the correlation between fibrinogen level and FIBTEM is still unclear.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to demonstrate a correlation between maximum clot firmness (MCF) in FIBTEM and fibrinogen level in critical trauma patients.
methodsData were retrospectively collected from 87 patients who visited the emergency department between May 2017 and January 2019 in Songklanagarind Hospital. Blood specimens were sent for both ROTEM evaluation and fibrinogen level. The data were analysed with STATA program version 12.1.
resultsEighty-seven patients were enrolled in the study over the 21-month period. The patients consisted of 73 males (83.9%) with a median age of 40 years. Seventy-three patients (83.9%) were still alive. The following equation from FIBTEM MCF was used to predict fibrinogen level: fibrinogen level = 138 + (15.2 × FIBTEM MCF) (Lin's concordance correlation coefficient of 0.52,
conclusionFIBTEM MCF had poor prediction of fibrinogen level; however, it can help to identify patients who have hypofibrinogenemia.
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