Comparison of three point-of-care testing devices to detect hemostatic changes in adult elective cardiac surgery: a prospective observational study

Table 3 Conventional coagulation tests at the three time points (n = 35)

Parameter	Baseline	1 h postoperatively	24 h postoperatively
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.1 (1.5)	10.5 (1.4)**	10.2 (1.4)**
Platelet count^a (×10e9/L)	226 (49)	182 (58)**	165 (56)**
Fibrinogen (g/L)^b	3.4 (0.8)	2.4 (0.5)**	3.3 (0.6)
d-dimer^b (mg/L)	0.6 (0.6)	0.8 (0.9)**	0.4 (0.4)**
Antithrombin (%)	92 (10)	68 (13)**	75 (15)**
INR^a	1.1 (0.1)	1.2 (0.1)**	1.3 (0.1)**
aPTT ( seconds)	28 (2.2)	31 (11.5)*	27 (2.6)*

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