In part 2 of our coagulopathy series, we take a deeper dive and learn the ways in which end-stage liver disease alters the body’s normal hemostatic mechanisms.
Patients with end-stage liver disease have elevated INRs. They bleed frequently and they clot perhaps more frequently. Do they need FFP before a paracentesis? What’s a TEG? These questions answered, and more, in our multi-part series on the coagulopathy of liver disease!