Instruments and reagents. TEG was performed using test systems from three different manufacturers; the Maiketian Haema TX Thromboelastography Test System and its accompanying reagent (Rapid Kaolin Reagent, Lot 20231101, provided by Shenzhen Maiketian Biomedical Technology Co. Ltd.), LEPU CFMS LEPU-8880 Thromboelastography Analyzer and its accompanying reagent (Thrombelastograph General Cup Test Kit viscosity measuring, Lot 23SH0102, provided by Lepu Medical Technology Co. Ltd.), Dingrun DRNX-Ⅲ Thrombelastograph Analyzer and its supporting reagents (Activated Coagulation Reagent (Coagulation Method), Lot 20230504, provided by Chongqing dingrun Medical Equipment Co. Ltd.). The Sysmex Coagulation Testing System is based on the Sysmex CS5100 Coagulation Analyzer and its corresponding reagents, including Dade Actin Activated Cephaloplastin reagent for aPTT testing (Lot 562729A), Thromborel S for PT (Lot 568182), Coagulation Factor II Deficient Plasma (Lot 503659), Coagulation Factor V Deficient Plasma (Lot: 575712), Coagulation Factor Ⅶ Deficient Plasma (Lot 500776), Coagulation Factor VIII Deficient Plasma (Lot: 560857A), Coagulation Factor IX Deficient Plasma (Lot: 504172B), Coagulation Factor X Deficient Plasma (Lot 504029), Coagulation Factor Ⅺ Deficient Plasma (Lot 503358B), Coagulation Factor Ⅻ Deficient Plasma (Lot 503427), Standard Human Plasma (Lot 563120), CONTROL N (Lot 507936), CONTROL P (Lot 556743), and the reagents were provided by Siemens Medical Diagnostic Products GmbH, Germany. Sodium fructose diphosphate was purchased from Anhui Weilman Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, China (Lot 20231001).
Sample testing methods and procedures. The following experimental procedures and protocols were approved by the Ethics Review Committee of Anhui No.2 Provincial People's Hospital, China [(R) 2024-037]. Prior to this test, all assay systems, except for normal calibration, were performed using commercially available control samples specified by the manufacturer of each assay system supporting traceability, including normal and abnormal quality control samples. Each sample was then tested on the machine with the assay system under normal conditions.
Preparation and testing of coagulation factor plasma samples. About 2 ml venous blood with normal results of four routine coagulation tests (no history of blood disorders such as platelet and coagulation disorders, and no medication that affects coagulation, such as aspirin, in the past 2 weeks) was randomly collected from outpatients or hospitalized patients with anticoagulation of trisodium citrate at 1.09 mmol/L (blood-to-citric-acid anticoagulation ratio of 9:1), and centrifuged horizontally at 3000 r/min, R = 15 cm, for 10min, 1ml of platelet-poor platelet plasma was prepared.. One mixed plasma(Approx. 5 ml)was obtained by mixing plasma samples from every 6-7persons with the same blood type (A, B, O or AB), and a total of 11 different mixed plasmas were prepared. Take the above 1 mixed plasma sample and 7 graduated plastic centrifuge tubes, add 0.5 ml of mixed plasma into each centrifuge tube, and then add FDP to each tube (weighed accurately with an analytical balance) to give a final concentration of 0 (control tube), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 mg/mL, respectively. the same operation was carried out for the other 10 mixed plasma samples as described above. After sufficient mixing, the coagulation factor II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, Ⅺ, and Ⅻ activity of each sample was measured in a Sysmex CS5100 fully automated blood coagulation detection analyzer.
Preparation and detection of thromboelastographic samples. Fresh whole blood specimens (Approx. 1.8 ml) with normal TEG test results (no history of blood disorders such as platelet and coagulation disorders, and no medications that affect coagulation, such as aspirin, within the past 2 weeks) 1.09 mmol/L trisodium citrate anticoagulation (blood to citrate, 9:1) were randomly collected from patients who were retained as outpatients or hospitalized. Take the same blood type (type A, B, O or AB) every 5–6 people of the above blood samples mixed to get 1 mixed blood sample((Approx. 9 ml)), a total of 11 different from each other mixed blood samples were prepared. Take any 1 mixed blood sample and 7 graduated plastic centrifuge tubes, add 1 ml of mixed blood sample to each centrifuge tube, and add FDP to each tube (weighed accurately with an analytical balance) so that the final concentration is 0 (control tube), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 mg/mL, respectively. The same procedure was performed on the other 10 mixed blood samples, and the coagulation reaction time (R), clotting time (K), α-angle (α-Angle), and maximal amplitude (MA) were measured on the Maiketian, Lepu, and Dingrun thromboelastography systems, respectively.
Statistical analysis. Before testing, each assay system was completed by the manufacturer to validate the performance of the assay system and qualified to pass the performance validation. Each sample was tested in three independent replicates according to the manufacturer's protocol and completed within two hours, with the average of the three assay results used as the basis for calculations. The test results of samples with an FDP concentration of 0 mg/mL were used as control tubes, and the percentage change in the test results of each sample from the control tube was calculated in order to infer, based on the degree of change, whether the drugs had an effect on the results of the coagulation tests and to further assess the presence of concentration-dependent interferences in the coagulation tests. All statistical analyses were performed using Microsoft Excel 2003 (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USA), linear regression analyses were performed using Statistical Products and Services Solutions 20.0 (SPSS20.0, IBM, Armonk, USA) statistical software, and the Spearman Correlation coefficients were used to assess the correlation coefficients between the R, K, α-Angle, MA, or coagulation factors II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, Ⅺ, and Ⅻ. activity measurements of the sample thromboelastograms and the FDP concentration of each analyzed system, respectively, to obtain linear regression equations, and statistical hypothesis tests were performed on the regression coefficients to determine the presence or absence of a linear relationship, and P < 0.05 was used to determine whether there was a significance; plasma or blood with the same FDP concentration for each FDP concentration was used as each comparison group, and plasma or blood with its FDP concentration of 0 was used as its corresponding control group, and was statistically analyzed using a paired t-test, and P < 0.05 was used to determine if significance existed.
Human and Animal Rights All procedures performed in study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by our Institutional Review Board, Anhui No.2 Provincial People's Hospital, China [(R) 2024-037].