Open AccessRetrospective analysis of post-operative coagulopathy after major hepatic resection at a tertiary care centre in Northern India
Author(s) -
Sukhbir Singh,
P Vivekananthan,
Ankur Sharma,
Sandeep Sharma,
Kishore Gurumoorthy Subramanya Bharathy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_734_16
Subject(s) - medicine , coagulopathy , hepatectomy , surgery , retrospective cohort study , thrombosis , incidence (geometry) , anesthesia , prothrombin time , blood transfusion , hemostasis , hepatocellular carcinoma , resection , physics , optics
Hepatic resection is a major surgery associated with intraoperative massive fluid shifts, blood loss, haemodynamic instability and risk of development of post-hepatectomy liver failure. Hepatic resection predisposes the patient to coagulopathy as well as venous thrombosis. However, due to the development of deranged coagulation profile post-operatively, there is a dilemma in starting thromboprophylaxis. Our aim in this study was to determine the incidence of coagulopathy in patients undergoing major hepatectomy.