Severe haemorrhage following abdominal paracentesis for ascites in patients with liver disease

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 525-529

  Pache, I ^a   Bilodeau, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ASCITES; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARACENTESIS; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; ASCITES; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 15044364525     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02387.x     Document Type: Review

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