Publication Name	World Journal of Hepatology
Manuscript ID	29058
Country	United Kingdom

Received	2016-07-28 09:59
Peer-Review Started	2016-07-29 15:55
To Make the First Decision	2016-09-27 17:09
Return for Revision	2016-09-28 11:55
Revised	2016-11-12 07:47
Second Decision	2017-01-04 15:54
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief	2017-01-04 16:02
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2017-01-14 14:24
Articles in Press	2017-01-14 14:25
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Category	Anesthesiology
Manuscript Type	Observational Study
Article Title	Thrombocytopenia in cirrhosis: Impact of fibrinogen on bleeding risk
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Sonali V Thakrar and Susan V Mallett
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Sonali V Thakrar, MBBS, BSc (Hons), MRCP, FRCA, Clinical Research Fellow, Royal Free Perio­perative Research Group, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Free London, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, United Kingdom. s.thakrar1@nhs.net
Key Words	Thrombocytopenia; Cirrhosis; Haemostasis; Fibrinogen; Liver transplantation
Core Tip	Current literature describing bleeding risk in thrombocytopenia and cirrhosis does not take into account the impact of fibrinogen. The minimal platelet count to form a clot with normal strength is unknown, and would be influenced by fibrinogen. Viscoelastic testing, particularly maximum amplitude (MA, thromboelastography) or maxi-mum-clot-firmness (MCF, thromboelastometry), reflects platelet-fibrinogen interaction and allows assessment of clot strength. Low platelet count and low fibrinogen levels lead to low MA/MCF and correlate strongly with increased bleeding tendency. Assessment of platelet count alone does not accurately predict bleeding, but is useful in conjunction with other indices such as clauss fibrinogen and MA/MCF.
Publish Date	2017-02-27 08:50
Citation	Thakrar SV, Mallett SV. Thrombocytopenia in cirrhosis: Impact of fibrinogen on bleeding risk. World J Hepatol 2017; 9(6): 318-325
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v9/i6/318.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v9.i6.318

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