Coagulation studies for severe liver disease detection in a gastroenterologic department

15 patients with clinical, histological and laboratory findings of cirrhosis were investigated. When the results of routine hemostasis tests--thrombin time, reptilase time and fibrinogen quantitation by clotting methods--were prolonged, further immunological determinations were done. Normal results in the immunological determinations together with prolonged ones obtained by clotting methods are suggestive of dysfibrinogenemic states. A possible survey of the treatment with the help of these determinations is proposed.