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International Journal of Gynecology & Clinical Practices Volume 1 (2014), Article ID 1:IJGCP-103, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4986/2014/103
Research Article
Thromboelastometry (Tem) in Pregnant Women: Basal Tem Profile and Tem Profile after Carbetocin Administration in Women at High Risk for Post-Partum Haemorrhage

Carlotta Montagnoli1, Giovanni Larciprete1*, Maria Grazia Frigo2, Benedetta Zuppani2, Herbert Valensise3, Maria Elisabetta Romanini1, Valentina Panetta4, Mario Filippo Segatore1

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and A.Fa.R., Fatebenefratelli Isola Tiberina Hospital, Rome. Italy
2Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Fatebenefratelli Isola Tiberina Hospital, Rome. Italy
3Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
4L’altrastatistica srl, Rome, Italy
Dr. Larciprete Giovanni, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Fatebenefratelli Isola Tiberina Hospital, Isola Tiberina 39, 00186, Rome, Italy, Tel: 0039-06-6837416; Fax: 0039-06-68214220; E-mail: giovanni.larciprete@fbf-isola.it
27 June 2014; 04 October 2014; 06 October 2014
Montagnoli C, Larciprete G, Frigo MG, Zuppani B, Valensise H, et al. (2014) Thromboelastometry (Tem) in Pregnant Women: Basal Tem Profile and Tem Profile after Carbetocin Administration in Women at High Risk for Post-Partum Haemorrhage. Int J Gynecol Clin Pract 1: 103. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4986/2014/103

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