Things We Do for No Reason™: Routine Correction of Elevated INR and Thrombocytopenia Prior to Paracentesis in Patients with Cirrhosis
J Hosp Med
.
2021 Feb;16(2):102-104.
doi: 10.12788/jhm.3458.
Authors
Byron Crowe
1
,
Sami G Tahhan
2
,
Curtis Lacy
3
,
Julie Grzankowski
4
,
Juan N Lessing
5
Affiliations
1
Internal Medicine Residency Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
2
Division of General Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia.
3
Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona.
4
Internal Medicine Residency Program, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia.
5
Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
PMID:
32966201
DOI:
10.12788/jhm.3458
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Anemia*
Ascites
Humans
International Normalized Ratio
Liver Cirrhosis / complications
Liver Cirrhosis / therapy
Paracentesis
Thrombocytopenia* / complications