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Managing periprocedural thrombocytopenia in cirrhosis: Aiming for a safety window

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Among the challenges that care of patients with cirrhosis brings, management of periprocedural bleeding risk is a common concern as chronic liver disease (CLD) implies the need for frequent invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, such as biopsies, variceal band ligation or percutaneous ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Source: Journal of Hepatology

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.08.051

Authors: Julien Bissonnette, Dominique Valla, Pierre-Emmanuel Rautou