Sep

20

2021

Should patients with chronic liver disease/cirrhosis and elevated INR/PT receive vitamin K?

By William Aird

Routine administration of vitamin K is not recommended to increase the plasma levels of coagulation factors in patients with cirrhosis. 

From the Italian Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AISF) and the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI) 2016 guideline: