Abstract
Coconut water (CNW) can be used as short-term intravenous hydration and resuscitation
fluid. We investigated the influence of coconut water on plasma coagulation in vitro.
Either CNW or physiological saline (PS) was added to citrated plasma of 8 healthy
volunteers. Coagulation capability of diluted plasma was evaluated by thrombelastography
(TEG). Replacement of up to 50 % of citrated plasma by CNW or PS did not influence
initiation of coagulation as indicated by split point and reaction time, respectively.
Strength of fibrin clot as expressed by maximum amplitude (MA) of TEG recording dose
dependently declined in both groups. Replacing 50 % of citrated plasma by CNW or PS
reduced MA by 39% and 32%, respectively. The influence of coconut water on hemostasis
as assessed by TEG does not differ from the effect caused by an identical volume of
PS. (Am J Emerg Med 2001;19:287-289. Copyright © 2001 by W.B. Saunders Company)
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Article Info
Publication History
Accepted:
December 30,
2000
Received:
September 4,
2000
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☆Address reprint requests to Georg Petroianu, MD, Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Heidelberg at Mannheim, Maybachstrasse 14-16, D-68169 Mannheim, Germany. E-mail: petroia ̃[email protected]
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