Table 6.

ROTEM parameters and PTT by median and mean quartile of patients with and without therapeutic heparin administration

	Heparin drip use (no=0, yes=1)	n	Reference range	Minimum	Q1	Median	Q3	Maximum	95% median CI
CTEX	0	18	43–82	49	57	68.5	76	89	61.3 to 74.1
	1	43		0	62	79	107	495	72.9 to 129.8
CTIN	0	18	122–208	130	150.5	160	173.2	222	152.2 to 172.9
	1	43		123	157	196	229	572	188.6 to 216.2
CFTEX	0	18	48–127	52	74	85	113	194	78.6 to 111.3
	1	43		39	48	61	95	331	63.9 to 101.0
CFTIN	0	18	45–110	51	67.7	81	110	121	75.1 to 96.0
	1	43		35	51	59	93	301	65.5 to 101.2
A10EX	0	18	40–60	41	50.7	55	59.5	70	51.4 to 58.8
	1	43		28	55	63	70	78	57.3 to 64.3
A10IN	0	18	40–60	46	49.7	54.5	59.2	66	51.5 to 57.2
	1	43		29	50	60	68	74	54.8 to 61.8
MCFEX	0	18	52–70	50	59.7	64.5	67.5	76	60.8 to 67.2
	1	43		39	64	70	74	83	65.3 to 70.9
MCFIN	0	18	51–72	54	59.7	62.5	66.2	73	60.4 to 65.2
	1	43		38	59	67	73	79	62.3 to 68.3
MCFFIB	0	18	7–24	11	12.7	18	25	37	15.6 to 22.9
	1	43		5	21	29	36	41	24.1 to 30.3
PTT	0	18	25–32 (seconds)	19	25.1	27	28.7	29	25.4 to 27.9
	1	43		25	32.6	35.6	48.1	77	36.3 to 43.3

A10, amplitude at 10 minutes; CFT, clot formation time; CT, clotting time; EX, EXTEM; FIB, FIBTEM; IN, INTEM; MCF, maximum clot firmness; PTT, partial thromboplastin time; ROTEM, rotational thromboelastography.