THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY (TEG) IN TRAUMA

tissue factor (TF) in addition to kaolin, activating both the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways, producing the activated clotting time or TEG-ACT. As the clot begins to form in the presence of the activator, the TEG records the visceroelastic changes that occur in the sample. A pin suspended in the blood within a stationary cup is monitored

  Blood, Pathway, Clotting, Extrinsic, Extrinsic pathways