Table 1.
Degree of bleeding | Definition |
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Asymptomatic | Absence of recorded bleeding |
Minor bleeding | Skin, mucosal, soft-tissue bleedings (ecchymosis, gingival bleeding and epistaxis, menorrhagia, hematuria-excluding GIS bleeding) |
Major bleeding | symptomatic bleeding in a critical area or organ (musculoskeletal system bleedings, GIS and CNS bleedings) |