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  2. Liver biopsy - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 2–3% of patients undergoing liver biopsy require hospitalization for the management of an adverse event. [8] [9] Thirty percent of patients experience significant pain during the procedure. [10] Significant bleeding after a liver biopsy occurs in 1–2 out of 100 patients who are biopsied.

  3. Cirrhosis - Wikipedia

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    Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, chronic liver failure or chronic hepatic failure and end-stage liver disease, is an acute condition of the liver in which the normal functioning tissue, or parenchyma, is replaced with scar tissue and regenerative nodules as a result of chronic liver disease.

  4. Alcoholic liver disease - Wikipedia

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    Continuation of alcohol use will result in a higher risk of progression of liver disease and cirrhosis. In patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis, clinical manifestations include fever, jaundice, hepatomegaly, and possible hepatic decompensation with hepatic encephalopathy, variceal bleeding, and ascites accumulation. Tender hepatomegaly may ...

  5. Paracentesis - Wikipedia

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    Mild hematologic abnormalities do not increase the risk of bleeding. [12] [7] The risk of bleeding may be increased if: [13] prothrombin time > 21 seconds; international normalized ratio > 1.6; platelet count < 50,000 per cubic millimeter. Absolute contraindication is the acute abdomen that requires surgery. Relative contraindications are: [6 ...

  6. Gastrointestinal bleeding - Wikipedia

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    A lower GI bleed is estimated to occur in 20 to 30 per 100,000 per year. [2] It results in about 300,000 hospital admissions a year in the United States. [1] Risk of death from a GI bleed is between 5% and 30%. [1] [7] Risk of bleeding is more common in males and increases with age. [2]

  7. Child–Pugh score - Wikipedia

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    It was modified by Pugh et al. in 1972 in a report on surgical treatment of bleeding from esophageal varices. [4] They replaced Child's criterion of nutritional status with the prothrombin time or INR, and assigned scores of 1–3 to each variable.

  8. Hepatorenal syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Bleeding from esophageal varices can be a precipitant for hepatorenal syndrome in individuals with cirrhosis, and can be prevented by early diagnosis and treatment. The risk of death in hepatorenal syndrome is very high; consequently, there is a significant emphasis on the identification of patients who are at risk for HRS, and prevention of ...

  9. Hemolytic jaundice - Wikipedia

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    Hemolytic jaundice, also known as prehepatic jaundice, is a type of jaundice arising from hemolysis or excessive destruction of red blood cells, when the byproduct bilirubin is not excreted by the hepatic cells quickly enough. [1]

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