Coagulation abnormalities in the cirrhotic patient

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 713-724

  Muciño Bermejo, Jimena ^a   Carrillo Esper, Raúl ^a   Uribe, Misael ^a   Méndez Sánchez, Nahum ^a  

^a LIVER RESEARCH UNIT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bleeding risk; Coagulopathy; Liver disease; Thrombotic risk

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTITHROMBIN; ANTITHROMBIN III; ANTIVITAMIN K; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A INHIBITOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 12; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; DERMATAN SULFATE; DESMOPRESSIN; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEPARAN SULFATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; RIVAROXABAN; SEROTONIN; THROMBIN ACTIVATABLE FIBRINOLYSIS INHIBITOR; THROMBOPLASTIN; THROMBOPOIETIN; THROMBOXANE A2; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN K GROUP; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BIOPSY RELATED BLEEDING; BLEEDING; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER METABOLISM; LUNG EMBOLISM; PARACENTESIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLASMAPHERESIS; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTOR INHIBITORS; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD PLATELETS; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84885706627     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31312-2     Document Type: Review

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