Several new papers that have been published or presented over the last few months are of particular interest to TEG® analyzer users:

• "TEG[®] Could Replace Platelet Count Cutoff as Epidural Criterion" was published in the August 1999 issue of Anesthesiology News and is based on a presentation (Abstract A12) at the 1999 annual meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. It states that "...TEG[®] may offer a better measure of coagulation status by which to determine which patients are at risk of epidural hematoma."

• "Role of Thromboelastograph® in Open Heart Surgery" was presented by Dr. Kaushal Pandey et al of the PD Hinduja National Hospital and MRC at the All India Conference of Cardiothoracic Surgeons March 5-8, 2000 in Mumbai, India .

• "Thromboelastography: A Simple Screen for Hypercoagulable States, Hyperhomocysteinaemia and a Predictor of Failure Following Peripheral Arterial Intervention" was presented by S. Vig et al of the Depts. of Vascular Surgery, Haematology and Biochemistry St. George's Hospital, London, at the Surgical Research Meeting, Royal Free Hospital, London, December 2, 1999.
              
• "Thromboelastography-Guided Transfusion Algorithm Reduces  Transfusions in Complex Cardiac Surgery" was published by Dr. Linda Shore-Lesserson et al of the Depts. of Anesthesiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, in Anesth Analg 1999;88:312-9.