American journal of perinatology
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The diagnosis of coagulopathy cannot always be performed at point of care. Thromboelastography (TEG) and the platelet-function analyzer (PFA-100), have emerged as reliable means for coagulation analysis. However, their reliable utility in pregnancy remains to be determined. We sought to establish reference values with concomitant determination of other known coagulation measures in nonlaboring gravidae in an effort to report the mean and variance of multiple testing modalities. ⋯ Our data suggest that TEG values are significantly different in term, nonlaboring, healthy gravidae compared with nonpregnant reference values. Pooled means and standard deviations shown here may be considered for reference.