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Recomendação de Baveno VI Sobre Evicção da Endoscopia de Rastreio em Doentes com Cirrose: Já Lá Estamos? [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Recent studies assessed the predictive value of liver transient elastography, combined or not with platelet count, for the presence of esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis, and multiple cutoffs have been proposed. The Baveno
Bernardes, C, Calinas, F, Duarte, P, Loureiro, R, Mendes, M, Pinto, J, Silva, M   +6 more
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Evaluation of endoscopic secondary prophylaxis in children and adolescents with esophageal varices

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
BACKGROUND Bleeding of esophageal varices is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in children and adults with portal hypertension and there are few studies involving secondary prophylaxis in children and adolescents.
Júlio Rocha PIMENTA, Alexandre Rodrigues FERREIRA, Eleonora Druve Tavares FAGUNDES, Paulo Fernando Souto BITTENCOURT, Alice Mendes MOURA, Simone Diniz CARVALHO   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopic findings in Portal Hypertension

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013
Introduction: The gut mucosa in portal hypertension is the seat of microcirculatory changes that compromise its integrity and increase its susceptibility to damage.
Lochan Karki, Manen Prasad Gorkhaly, Buddha Bahadur Karki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for the treatment of gastric varices. [PDF]

, 2012
Clinical Perspectives in Hepatology aims to engage two experts with opinions supporting differing perspectives on the management of a case. Typically, the case represents an area of debate or evolving practice in clinical hepatology.
Brown, Daniel B, Dadabhai, Alia S, Fenkel, Jonathan M, Laine, Loren   +3 more
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Nylon ring with titanium clip assists endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection for the treatment of GOV1-type gastric varices

Endoscopy, 2023
There is an estimated approximately 20% chance of having gastric varices in patients with portal hypertension [1]. Gastric varices bleed less frequently than esophageal varices but are much more severe when they do occur.
Haijun Mou, Qi Liu, Yi Fan, Guo-qing Shi, Huichao Wu, B. Tuo, Rui Xie   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Shear wave elastography in assessment of liver stiffness and prediction of gastro-esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2019
Background Shear wave elastography is an ultrasound applied technique used to measure tissue stiffness as a result of a disease. So, it can be used to evaluate liver stiffness as a result of liver cirrhosis and could correlate it with esophageal varices.
Mohammed Zaki, Mohammed Hazem, Mahmoud Elsamman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the scope and the glue: update on evaluation and management of gastric varices

BMC Gastroenterology, 2020
Gastric varices are encountered less frequently than esophageal varices. Nonetheless, gastric variceal bleeding is more severe and associated with worse outcomes.
Cyriac Abby Philips, Rizwan Ahamed, Sasidharan Rajesh, Tom George, Meera Mohanan, Philip Augustine   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comprehensive treatment of patients with gastric variceal bleeding

Медицина неотложных состояний, 2022
Gastro-oesophageal varices are the major clinical manifestations of cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Bleeding from gastric varices is usually severe and is associated with higher morta­lity and a higher risk of rebleeding than from esophageal varices ...
S.M. Chooklin, S.S. Chuklin
doaj   +1 more source

Endoscopic Therapy of Gastric Varices: Safety and Efficacy of N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate Injection

Cureus, 2023
Background Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common medical emergency that results in significant morbidity, mortality, and socioeconomic burden. Both types of cardio-fundal varices, gastro-esophageal varix 2 (GOV2) and isolated gastric varices
Fawad Iqbal Janjua, Mahmood Ahmad, Salman Javed, Muhammad Qasim Zia, Ghulam Abbas, Naveed Aslam, Kamran Farooq, Muhammad Nabeel Shafqat   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Combination of Ethoxybenzyl‐Diethylenetriamine Pentaacetic Acid‐Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and a Serum Biomarker Is Useful in the Diagnosis of Hepatic Sinusoidal Disorder After Chemotherapy Treatment

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ROC analyses of APRI score, EOB‐MRI, and a combination of EOB‐MRI and APRI score for blue liver. ABSTRACT Aim Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS), also known as “blue liver (BL),” is a common hepatic injury following oxaliplatin‐based chemotherapy in patients with colorectal liver metastases (CRLM).
Tomonari Shimagaki, Keishi Sugimachi, Takahiro Tomino, Takeshi Kurihara, Emi Onishi, Yutaro Shimomura, Kenji Shinozaki, Masaru Morita   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source