Predicting bleeding after liver biopsy using comprehensive clinical and laboratory investigations: A prospective analysis of 302 procedures.
Julien BissonnetteAlix Riescher-TuczkiewiczElia GiganteCarole BourdinLarbi BoudaoudHeithem SolimanFrançois DurandMaxime RonotDominique-Charles VallaValérie VilgrainEmmanuelle de RaucourtPierre-Emmanuel RautouPublished in: Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH (2022)
An extensive hemostasis workup, including global hemostasis assays, does not improve prediction of liver biopsy-related bleeding. Pain 2 h after liver biopsy should alert the clinician to the possibility of procedure-related bleeding.