Bleeding complications in acute liver failure.

R Todd StravitzCaitlyn EllerbeValerie DurkalskiMichael SchilskyRobert J FontanaCarolyn PeterseimWilliam M Leenull null

Published in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (2018)

Despite a perceived bleeding diathesis, clinically significant bleeding is uncommon in patients with ALF; bleeding complications in patients with ALF are markers of severe systemic inflammation rather than of coagulopathy and so portend a poor prognosis. (Hepatology 2018;67:1931-1942).

Keyphrases

liver failure
poor prognosis
atrial fibrillation
hepatitis b virus
long non coding rna
risk factors
depressive symptoms
mental health
drug induced
respiratory failure