Systemic endotoxin activity correlates with clot formation: an observational study in patients with early systemic inflammation and sepsis

摘要

IntroductionInflammation and coagulation are closely linked, and both can be triggered by endotoxin. Thrombelastometry and impedance aggregometry are of diagnostic and predictive value in critically ill patients. In this observational study we investigated the correlation of endotoxin activity with thrombelasometric and aggregometric variables in patients with systemic inflammation.