2016
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2016-218294
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Use of thromboelastography in the management of liver cirrhosis and accelerated intravascular coagulation and fibrinolysis (AICF)

Abstract: In the presented case, the authors describe an obese middle-aged man that presented to the emergency department for persistent oedema, scleral icterus and fatigue. He was admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with liver cirrhosis via transjugular liver biopsy. He continued to bleed from the biopsy site for 5 days from accelerated intravascular coagulation and fibrinolysis (AICF) requiring multiple transfusions of packed red blood cells, fresh-frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate. The authors then used thromboela… Show more

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“…Thromboelastography (TEG) commonly is used to evaluate coagulation status and guide clotting factor repletion and fibrinolytic treatments in human liver transplant patients. In humans, TEG analysis can predict bleeding tendencies in cirrhotic patients . Thromboelastography studies in dogs with CH suggest that hypocoagulable, hypercoagulable, or normocoagulable states exist, with up to 25% of affected dogs being hyperfibrinolytic .…”
Section: Biopsy Acquisitionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thromboelastography (TEG) commonly is used to evaluate coagulation status and guide clotting factor repletion and fibrinolytic treatments in human liver transplant patients. In humans, TEG analysis can predict bleeding tendencies in cirrhotic patients . Thromboelastography studies in dogs with CH suggest that hypocoagulable, hypercoagulable, or normocoagulable states exist, with up to 25% of affected dogs being hyperfibrinolytic .…”
Section: Biopsy Acquisitionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Identifying the presence of hyperfibrinolysis in cirrhosis is challenging with limited clinically available and laboratory testing. 61 62 63 64 65 Reliance on clinical assessment and empiric therapy are currently recommend (see the “Pre-Procedure Prophylaxis and Treatment of Non-Portal Hypertension-Related Bleeding in Patients with Cirrhosis” section).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%