Safety of abdominal paracentesis in hospitalised patients receiving uninterrupted therapeutic or prophylactic anticoagulants
Performance of abdominal paracentesis in patients receiving therapeutic or prophylactic anticoagulation appears to be safe regardless of whether anticoagulation was interrupted periprocedurally, with low rates of bleeding complications, thrombotic complications or need for red blood cell transfusions post-paracentesis.
Authors
- Lauren K. King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4721-5696)
- Joseph Raco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1301-8950)
- Vraj P. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0123-7275)
- Matthew Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8201-6601)
- John Bufalini
- Li Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7908-7388)
- James Dreer
Institutions
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Internal Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2024-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16572
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.93