MultiPOCPoint-of-Care Testing - A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Multicenter Study of Efficacy in Coagulopathic Cardiac Surgery Patients

After being randomized to the group "conventional coagulating testing", hemostatic therapy will be based exclusively on conventional standard coagulation analyses like International normalized ratio (INR), activated prothrombin time (aPTT), fibrinogen and platelet concentration or Activated clotting time (ACT. Analyses will be performed at i) fixed time points (preoperative and at admission to ICU) and ii) variable timepoints depending on the decision of the attending physician. Hemostatic therapy will be based on a specific hemostatic therapy algorithm. Intraoperatively, analyses of ACT (activated clotting time) and INR will be performed following institutional standards using specific POC tests.

After being randomized to the group "POC testing", hemostatic therapy will be based exclusively on POC measures obtained by i) viscoelastic tests (ROTEM(R), TEM international, Munich, Germany) and aggregometric tests (multiplate, ROCHE AG, Grenzach, Germany). Analyses will be performed at variable timepoints depending on the decision of the attending physician. Hemostatic therapy will be based on a specific hemostatic therapy algorithm. Intraoperatively, analyses of ACT (activated clotting time) and INR will be performed following institutional standards using specific POC tests.