Medina JB, et al. - In order to ascertain the prevention and management of acquired coagulopathies, such as those affecting cirrhotic patients, researchers performed this analytic retrospective observational study of patients on the liver transplant waiting list, evaluating them according: to the presence of unusual intraoperative bleeding (>10 min after routine haemostatic procedures); and to the presence of postoperative . Results show no requirement for previous blood transfusion in cirrhotic patients presenting with platelet count above 16,000 and INR below 3, with local measures being enough to manage haemorrhagic events.