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06.09.2018 | Editorials
Viscoelastic testing: It’s not the measurement, it’s what you do with it!
Erschienen in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Ausgabe 12/2018
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Anesthesiologists love to measure things. Heart rate, blood pressure, and pulse oximetry values all provide information that aids in directing anesthetic care. In fact, these measurements are necessary to provide a safe anesthetic. Laboratory measurements also play a role in guiding therapy, albeit without the instant gratification of vital sign changes. For example, most practitioners would feel uncomfortable administering insulin to a patient without the ability to measure a blood glucose level at some point. Transfusion of blood products is a more complex issue, but one that also relies heavily on measurement—or at least it should. …“Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.” Galileo Galilei