Cirrhosis represents the end stage of chronic liver disease and its transition from a compensated to a decompensated status is mainly driven by portal hypertension and systemic inflammation. Although relevant modifications in the evaluation of the coagulative balance in cirrhosis across its natural history have occurred and alterations in routine indices of hemostasis have lost their role as indicators of the hemorrhagic risk of patients with liver cirrhosis, these are still perceived as prone to bleed when admitted to invasive procedures. This view, which is still present in guidelines addressing the management of bleeding risk, makes preprocedural transfusion of plasma and platelets still an ongoing clinical practice. In this review, we describe the limitations of both bleeding risk assessment in cirrhotic patients admitted to radiologic and endoscopic invasive procedures and evaluate whether preventive strategies indicated by current guidelines can affect the procedure-related hemorrhagic events.

Prevention and Management of Bleeding Risk Related to Invasive Procedures in Cirrhosis / Schepis, Filippo; Turco, Laura; Bianchini, Marcello; Villa, Erica. - In: SEMINARS IN LIVER DISEASE. - ISSN 0272-8087. - 38:3(2018), pp. 215-229. [10.1055/s-0038-1660523]

Prevention and Management of Bleeding Risk Related to Invasive Procedures in Cirrhosis

Schepis, Filippo;Turco, Laura;Bianchini, Marcello;Villa, Erica
2018

Abstract

Cirrhosis represents the end stage of chronic liver disease and its transition from a compensated to a decompensated status is mainly driven by portal hypertension and systemic inflammation. Although relevant modifications in the evaluation of the coagulative balance in cirrhosis across its natural history have occurred and alterations in routine indices of hemostasis have lost their role as indicators of the hemorrhagic risk of patients with liver cirrhosis, these are still perceived as prone to bleed when admitted to invasive procedures. This view, which is still present in guidelines addressing the management of bleeding risk, makes preprocedural transfusion of plasma and platelets still an ongoing clinical practice. In this review, we describe the limitations of both bleeding risk assessment in cirrhotic patients admitted to radiologic and endoscopic invasive procedures and evaluate whether preventive strategies indicated by current guidelines can affect the procedure-related hemorrhagic events.
2018
24-lug-2018
38
3
215
229
Prevention and Management of Bleeding Risk Related to Invasive Procedures in Cirrhosis / Schepis, Filippo; Turco, Laura; Bianchini, Marcello; Villa, Erica. - In: SEMINARS IN LIVER DISEASE. - ISSN 0272-8087. - 38:3(2018), pp. 215-229. [10.1055/s-0038-1660523]
Schepis, Filippo; Turco, Laura; Bianchini, Marcello; Villa, Erica
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