Table 5.
The difference in Multiplate®Analyzer measurements performed at 33 °C and 37 °C in 40 cardiac arrest patients
| Hypothermia (body core temp median 33.1 °C), n = 39 33 °C versus 37 °C |
Normothermia (body core temp median 37.5 °C), n = 37 33 °C versus 37 °C |
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| Multiplate®Analyzer, (AU*min) | Multiplate®Analyzer, (AU*min) | |||
| Mean difference (95 % CI) | P value | Mean difference (95 % CI) | P value | |
| COLtest®a | –4 (–30; 23) | 0.79 | –62.0 (–87; –37) | <0.001 |
| TRAPtest® | –38 (–96; 20) | 0.19 | –12.5 (–84; 59) | 0.73 |
| ASPItest® | ||||
| Alla | –24 (–83; 35) | 0.43 | –106 (–158; –53) | <0.001 |
| No aspirin (n = 9) | –71 (–199; 57) | 0.28 | –176 (–336; –16) | 0.03 |
| Aspirin (n = 26) | –27 (–53; –1) | 0.04 | –76 (–108; –45) | <0.001 |
| ADPtest® | ||||
| No ADP inhibitors (n = 20) | 106 (68; 144) | <0.001 | 51 (18; 83) | 0.003 |
| ADP inhibitors (n = 18) | 38 (6; 69) | 0.02 | 2 (–33; 37) | 0.92 |
temp temperature, n number, CI confidence interval, ADP inhibitors adenosine diphosphate receptor inhibitors, AU*min (y-axis is expressed in Aggregation units (AU) and x-axis in minutes). aThe body core temperature significantly affected the differences in results at 33 °C and 37 °C