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Background: Viscoelastic tests are now routinely used for coagulopathy correction in patients with cirrhosis. Thromboelastography (TEG) and rotational thromboelastometry (RoTEM®) are the most widely studied tests in this population. However, they have not been compared with each other in critically ill patients with liver disease presenting with nonvariceal bleed. Hence, we aimed to compare these tests for coagulopathy correction in patients with liver disease presenting with nonvariceal bleeding.
Methods: Sixty adult patients with liver cirrhosis presented to the liver intensive care unit, presenting with a nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleed (diagnosed by doing upper GI endoscopy which revealed bleeding from a nonvariceal source) oral or nasal bleed were enrolled. The patients were allocated to the TEG group (Group T) or RoTEM group (Group R) depending on the immediate availability of the viscoelastic test. Coagulopathy correction was done in each group as per established protocols and the results were compared.
Results: There was a significant difference in the fresh frozen plasma (FFP) transfusion between the groups. The TEG group received more FFP when compared to the RoTEM group ( = 0.001).
Conclusion: RoTEM-based coagulopathy correction leads to lesser use of blood products with similar control of bleeding when compared to TEG, in critically ill patients with cirrhosis.
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