Hepatitis C, table 1, Contraindications to Elective Surgery in Patients With Liver Disease

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The Risk of Surgery in Patients With Liver Disease

table 1. Contraindications to Elective Surgery in Patients With Liver Disease

Acute viral hepatitis

Acute alcoholic hepatitis

Fulminant hepatic failure

Severe chronic hepatitis

Child’s class C cirrhosis

Severe coagulopathy (prolongation of the prothrombin time of >3 seconds despite vitamin K administration; platelet count <50,000/mm³)

Severe extrahepatic complications

Hypoxemia

Cardiomyopathy, heart failure

Acute renal failure