Liver biopsy: Analysis of results of two specialist teams

Table 3 Occurrence of adverse events following liver biopsy by setting and team performing the procedure

	Regular admission	Dayhospital	Team G	Team IR
Total number of adverse events	13	13	16	10
Pain moderate to severe % (number/total)	77% (10/13)	70% (9/13)	68% (11/16)	80% (8/10)
Relevant biochem- ical abnormalities1 % (number/total)	15% (2/13)	31% (4/13)	25% (4/16)	20% (2/10)
Nausea/vomiting % (number/total)	7% (1/13)	(0/13)	6% (1/16)	(0/10)

¹Mild increase of white blood cells (4 cases); mild hemoglobin decrease < 2 mg/dL from baseline (1 case); thrombocytopenia (1 case). IR: Interventional radiology.