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Which cirrhotic patients are at high risk for bleeding during hospital procedures?

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This blog will offer some expert recommendations to help guide the safety of hospital procedures at different platelet and coagulation profiles.  Unfortunately, there are no strong evidence-based guidelines for hospital procedures dedicated to the study of patients with decompensated cirrhosis.…
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Arterial Lines Carry a Similar Risk of Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections as Central Lines

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Arterial line-associated bloodstream infections occur at rate of 0.9-3.4 infections per thousand catheter-days. This rate of infections is similar to the risk of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs). The CDC guidelines for arterial line placement recommend the use of chlorhexidine…
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Ultrasound-guided radial arterial line placement

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Radial artery catheters are frequently placed in the emergency department (ED) and intensive care unit (ICU) for hemodynamic monitoring and arterial blood gas analysis. A number of small studies have compared ultrasound-guided placement of radial artery catheters to traditional placement…
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