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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 7 included studies

From: Point-of-care platelet function testing for guided transfusion in neurosurgical management of intracranial hemorrhage: a systematic review

Paper

Year

Country

Study type

Platelet function test

Cohort size (case/control)

Type of neurosurgery

Beynon

2013

Germany

Prospective cohort

Multiplate

21

Craniotomy (33.3%) burr hole trephination (19.0%) EVD insertion (9.5%) None (14.2%)

Ellenberger

2017

Switzerland

Prospective cohort

ROTEM

92

Emergency neurosurgery for SAH and/or SDH (68.5%) decompressive craniectomy (26.1%)

Li

2021

China

Retrospective cohort

TEG

145 (93/52)

Stent assisted coiling

Majmundar

2019

USA

Retrospective cohort

VerifyNow

345 (208/137)

EVD insertion

Rimaitis

2020

Lithuania

Prospective cohort

ROTEM

134 (69/65)

Craniotomy

Vahtera

2019

Finland

Prospective cohort

ROTEM

33 (17/16)

Occlusion of the ruptured aneurysm by either endovascular coiling or surgical clipping

Von der Brelie

2018

Germany

Retrospective cohort

Platelet function analyser

79

Occlusion of the ruptured aneurysm by either endovascular coiling or surgical clipping