Thromboelastography versus bleeding time for risk of bleeding post native kidney biopsy

Introduction The risk of bleeding has led to screening of the primary hemostasis before renal biopsy. A bleeding time test (BT) is considered standard practice, but reliance on this test is controversial and its benefits remain questionable. A possible alternative is thromboelastography (TEG). Howev...

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Published in:	Renal Failure
Main Authors:	Amir Gal-Oz, Amitay Papushado, Ilya Kirgner, Shmuel Meirsdorf, Doron Schwartz, Idit Francesca Schwartz, Asia Zubkov, Ayelet Grupper
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Subjects:	thromboelastography kidney biopsy uremic bleeding renal failure
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0886022X.2019.1700805