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Coagulation guidelines
Have a patient with cirrhosis, checked Coags, PT barely above normal (by 1.0), INR 1.1, PTT normal, platelet normal. Reports nose bleeds once every few months ("when the air gets dry")..nothing new. Denies easy bruising...
Has a disc at L4
Would u do an LESI?
What's ur cut off? Is there a number published somewhere we can use as a cut off?
Have a patient with cirrhosis, checked Coags, PT barely above normal (by 1.0), INR 1.1, PTT normal, platelet normal. Reports nose bleeds once every few months ("when the air gets dry")..nothing new. Denies easy bruising...
Has a disc at L4
Would u do an LESI?
What's ur cut off? Is there a number published somewhere we can use as a cut off?