Abstract:Objective To investigate the changing characteristic of hemostasis and coagulation in patients with hepatitis B, cirrhosis and liver failure. Methods A number of 69 patients with hepatitis B and 30 healthy volunteers, from January 2014 to 2014 December in our hospital were selected for the study. According to the patients' condition, they were divided into chronic hepatitis B group (23), cirrhosis group (26) and liver failure group (20). Coagulation parameters were detected, including prothrombin time (PT), prothrombin activity (PTA), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), thrombin time (TT) and fibrinogen (Fg). Anticoagulation (PC and AT-Ⅲ), fibrinolysis degradation products (FDP and DD), tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), tissue factor (TF) and thrombomodulin protein (TM) were compared in different groups. Results Compared with the healthy control group and the chronic hepatitis group, PT, APTT and TT were significantly extended in cirrhosis group and liver failure group, and PTA and Fg were significantly decreased (P < 0.05); With liver function deteriorating, the cirrhosis patients' PT, APTT and TT were prolonged, and PTA and Fg were decreased (P < 0.05). Compared with the HBV-DNA negative patients, PT, APTT and TT were significantly prolonged, and PTA and Fg were decreased significantly in HBV-DNA positive patients (P < 0.05 ). Common anticoagulation PC: A and AT-Ⅲ: A had a significant difference(P < 0.05) in different liver disease. Fibrinolysis degradation products FDP and DD as the disease progresses were gradually increased (P < 0.05). TFPI: Ag and TF: Ag in chronic hepatitis group, cirrhosis group and liver failure group were significantly different (P < 0.05). Compared with the healthy control group, TM: Ag in patients with various liver diseases was significantly increased (P < 0.05 ). Conclusions During the progression of liver diseases, blood clotting disorders are getting worse and anticoagulant and fibrinolytic activity is enhanced, which help doctors to assess the severity of liver cirrhosis and understand blood coagulation status, bleeding tendency and thrombophilia in patients with liver cirrhosis.