Measurement of Hemostasis Parameters: Equipment and Potential for Development

Abstract

This review analyzes methods of measuring hemostasis parameters and the characteristics of medical technologies used for assessment of the coagulation and thrombocyte-vessel components of hemostasis. The optimum means and are of decisive importance in selecting the correct method for monitoring measures of hemostasis during anticoagulant and antiaggregant treatment, which is particularly important in clinical practice as a tool for he prophylaxis of thrombosis. Particular attention is paid to measuring devices used at point-of-care locations or at the bedside as a contemporary trend to portability and simplification of the use of instruments.