INSERTION OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS INDUCES A HYPERCOAGULABLE STATE presented by Mark L Ryan, MD of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Using TEG to measure the coagulation state in swine and humans, he found that in healthy swine as well as critically ill patients, insertion of a Central line initiates and propagates a systemic hypercoagulable state. This may explain why CVLs are associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism.
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