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A patient in your care is about to go for a liver biopsy. What are the most likely potential complications related to this procedure?

  • Inadvertent puncture of the pleura, a blood vessel or bileduct

  • Inadvertent puncture of the heart, oesophagus or spleen.

  • Cardiac arrest requiring resuscitation.

  • Inadvertent puncture of the kidney and cardiac arrest