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Assessment of haemostasis in patients with cirrhosis

Authors :
Marie Bazin
Philippe Sogni
Claire Flaujac
Isabelle Gouin-Thibault
Firas Ibrahim
Charles-Marc Samama
Claude Lentschener
Source :
European Journal of Anaesthesiology. 33:126-133
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2016.

Abstract

BACKGROUNDIn patients with cirrhosis, decreased rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) parameters suggest hypocoagulability secondary to liver dysfunction. However, observed normal or increased thrombin generation suggests preserved haemostasis and/or a procoagulant state. The correlated levels of bo

Details

ISSN :
02650215
Volume :
33
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
European Journal of Anaesthesiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........c620f35a957879d975aa6b3d983689f5
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/eja.0000000000000322