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Thromb Haemost 2015; 113(05): 1145-1148
DOI: 10.1160/TH14-08-0655
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Hyperfibrinolysis during liver transplantation is associated with bleeding

Stéphanie Roullet
1   Service d’éAnesthésie Réanimation 1, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux and Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux cedex, France
2   Unité de Transplantation Hépatique, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux and Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux cedex, France
,
Geneviéve Freyburger
3   Laboratoire d’Hématologie-PTRR, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux and Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux cedex, France
,
Sylvie Labrouche
3   Laboratoire d’Hématologie-PTRR, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux and Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux cedex, France
,
Eloïse Morisse
1   Service d’éAnesthésie Réanimation 1, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux and Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux cedex, France
2   Unité de Transplantation Hépatique, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux and Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux cedex, France
,
Laurent Stecken
1   Service d’éAnesthésie Réanimation 1, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux and Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux cedex, France
2   Unité de Transplantation Hépatique, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux and Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux cedex, France
,
Alice Quinart
1   Service d’éAnesthésie Réanimation 1, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux and Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux cedex, France
2   Unité de Transplantation Hépatique, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux and Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux cedex, France
,
Christophe Laurent
2   Unité de Transplantation Hépatique, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux and Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux cedex, France
,
François Sztark
1   Service d’éAnesthésie Réanimation 1, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux and Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux cedex, France
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Received: 05 August 2014

Accepted after major revision: 06 February 2014

Publication Date:
24 November 2017 (online)

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