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Bacterial infection in cirrhosis impairs coagulation by a heparin effect: a prospective study.
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Abstract
Bacterial infections have been postulated as a trigger for variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients, and impair coagulation evaluated by thrombelastography (TEG). Endogenous heparinoids have been detected after variceal bleeding and during liver transplantation in some cirrhotics using heparinase-modified-TEG.