Haemostatic Failure in Liver Disease

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Coagulation factor synthesis by the liver, with special reference to factor VIII and factor V.
• Oral anticoagulants: unexpected side-effects or new fields of application?.
• Protein C, an inhibitor of blood coagulation, in liver disease and other clinical conditions.
• Intravascular coagulation in liver disease.
• Abnormalities of fibrin formation in severe hepatic diseases.
• Platelet involvement in the haemostatic failure of liver disease.
• The significance of several coagulation tests in the evaluation of the risk of bleeding.
• Clinical manifestations of the haemostatic failure in acute and chronic liver disease.
• Coagulation defects following peritoneovenous shunts.
• Bleeding during orthotopic liver transplantation in man.
• Main problems in the treatment of bleeding in cirrhosis patients.
• Treatment of bleeding by methods not directly related to haemostasis.
• Strategies for rational haemotherapy.
• AT-III concentrate treatment: current experience.