Individualized Management of Coagulopathy in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease.
Tina Tomić MahečićRobert BaronicaAnna MrzljakAna BobanIvona HanžekDora KarmelićAnđela BabićSlobodan MihaljevićJens MeierPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Over the last decades, individualized approaches and a better understanding of coagulopathy complexity in end-stage liver disease (ESLD) patients has evolved. The risk of both thrombosis and bleeding during minimally invasive interventions or surgery is associated with a worse outcome in this patient population. Despite deranged quantitative and qualitative coagulation laboratory parameters, prophylactic coagulation management is unnecessary for patients who do not bleed. Transfusion of red blood cells (RBCs) and blood products carries independent risks for morbidity and mortality, including modulation of the immune system with increased risk for nosocomial infections. Optimal coagulation management in these complex patients should be based on the analysis of standard coagulation tests (SCTs) and viscoelastic tests (VETs). VETs represent an individualized approach to patients and can provide information about coagulation dynamics in a concise period of time. This narrative review will deliver the pathophysiology of deranged hemostasis in ESLD, explore the difficulties of evaluating the coagulopathies in liver disease patients, and examine the use of VET assays and management of coagulopathy using coagulation factors. Methods: A selective literature search with PubMed as the central database was performed with the following.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- minimally invasive
- ejection fraction
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- healthcare
- cystic fibrosis
- physical activity
- coronary artery disease
- emergency department
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- high throughput
- red blood cell
- mass spectrometry
- climate change
- multidrug resistant
- cardiac surgery
- social media
- acute kidney injury
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- human health