Abbreviations for Table 2:

Acronym	Parameter	Definition	Unit
Suggested Routine Parameters for ROTEM® Analysis are shaded
CT	Coagulation Time (syn. IFT, r)	The time after which a 2 mm amplitude had been reached	sec
A5	Firmness at time 5 minutes
A30	Firmness at time 30 minutes
CFT	Clot Formation Time (20 mm)	The time between 2 mm amplitude and 20 mm amplitude	sec
MCF	Maximum Clot Firmness	The maximum amplitude reached	mm
	(syn. MA)
MCF-t	MCF-Time	The time from CT till MCF had been reached	sec
a	a-Angle	A tangent to the clotting curve through the 2 mm point.	degree(°)
CFR	Clot Formation Rate (°)	The secant at the maximum slope	degree(°)
MCE	Maximum Clot Elasticity E=100*MCF/(100-A)	MCE (maximum clot elasticity) is a calculated parameter. It is a normalised elastic scale in which a normal clot (50 mm MCF) is assigned an elastic modulus of 100.
G	G 5000MCF/(100-MCF) (Elastic shear modus)	G is the shear elastic modulus strength, a calculated parameter. It increases exponentially as compared to the amplitude. It allows a more sensitive
		resolution at high amplitudes. G= (5000 * MCF)/(100-MCF)
	Thrombodynamic Potential In- dex.	According to the author (Raby) Thrombodynamic Potential Index describes the patient’s global coagulation.
TPI	TPI = EMX/K EMX (100*MCF)/100-MCF)
Research parameters for derivative curves (according to B. Sorensen et al. 2003)
maxVel*	Max. of 1st derivative	The maximum of the 1st derivative of the clot curve
t-maxVel*	Time to achieve max of 1 st derivative	Time from reaction start to reach the maximum velocity	sec
AUC*	Area under 1 st derivative curve. Ends at MCF	AUC is defined as the area under the velocity curve from the start of the measurement until the time AUC-t has been reached. The numerical value is multiplied by 60.	mm × 60