Abstract 112: Reconstitution with Saline Is More Appropriate than Arithmetic Correction When Examining Stress-Hemoconcentration Effects on Coagulation

Introduction: The goal of this study was to examine a new physiologically relevant method of correcting for hemoconcentration effects on stress-induced changes in coagulation parameters (i.e., activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), prothrombin time (PT%), FVIII:C, and FVII:C). Hypotheses: We hypothesized that 1) Area-under-the-curve (AUC) for uncorrected PT% and FVII:C would be greater than AUC corrected arithmetically or with saline or...