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Non-invasive predictors of esophageal varices
The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011 Background/Aim: Current guidelines recommend screening cirrhotic patients with an endoscopy to detect esophageal varices and to institute prophylactic measures in patients with large esophageal varices.
Jijo V Cherian +4 more
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Esophageal Variceal Ligation [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1990 Endoscopic sclerotherapy is an effective method for treating and eradicating acutely bleeding varices in repeated sessions; however, it is not ideal because of numerous serious complications. Endoscopic variceal ligation, developed to circumvent some of the side effects of sclerotherapy, controls actively bleeding varices in about 90% of cases.
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Fluid Sucralphate in Post Esophageal Varices Ligation Esophageal Ulcer [PDF]
, 2002 Background: One of the complications of esophageal varices ligation is deep ulcer. Sucralphate has been shown to prevent and heal post ligation esophageal ulcer.
Hidayat, S. (Syarif) +2 more
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Liver Stiffness Measurements in Patients with Non‐cirrhotic Portal Hypertension – The Devil is In the Details [PDF]
, 2018 Non‐cirrhotic portal hypertension (NCPH) is often a diagnostic challenge due to signs and symptoms of portal hypertension that overlap with cirrhosis. The etiology of NCPH is broadly classified as prehepatic, hepatic (pre‐sinusoidal and sinusoidal) and ...
Chalasani, Naga +4 more
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Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in Cirrhotic Patients: A New Simple and Fast Digital Screening Method
United European Gastroenterology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Backround Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is a common and prognostically severe complication of cirrhosis with a significant impact on the quality of life. Detailed diagnostic work‐up of minimal hepatic encephalopathy is time‐consuming and difficult to integrate into daily clinical routine.
Henrike Dobbermann +14 more
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Factors Found on the First Variceal-Bleeding Episode in Liver Cirrhosis Patients with Portal Hypertension [PDF]
, 2010 Background: The dietary protein restriction that was commonly recommended to hepatic encephalopathy (HE) patients, often leads to malnutrition, whereas malnutrition can deteriorate cirrhosis prognosis.
Harahap, A. H. (Arnold) +2 more
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United European Gastroenterology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background and Aims The severe alpha‐1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) genotype Pi*ZZ increases the risk of liver disease (AATD‐LD) and lung disease. While non‐invasive tests (NITs) are widely used for fibrosis stage and monitoring of all liver diseases, the consensus for use in AATD‐LD is limited.
Virginia C. Clark +5 more
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Liver cirrhosis-epidemiological and Clinical Aspects [PDF]
, 2008 Liver cirrhosis is the end-stage of many different chronic liver diseases. Limited data exists on the epidemiology, natural history and complications of liver cirrhosis such as esophageal varices and malignancies in the Nordic countries after the ...
Gunnarsdóttir, Steingerður Anna
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Risk Factors for Recurrent Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding After Esophageal Varices Ligation on Patients with Liver Cirrhosis [PDF]
, 2004 Background: Upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) bleeding on liver cirrhosis patients will increase morbidity and mortality. Recurrent bleeding\u27s risk rise after the first episode of variceal bleeding.
Akbar, N. (Nurul) +4 more
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PECNet: A Deep Multi-Label Segmentation Network for Eosinophilic Esophagitis Biopsy Diagnostics [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Background. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an allergic inflammatory condition of the esophagus associated with elevated numbers of eosinophils. Disease diagnosis and monitoring requires determining the concentration of eosinophils in esophageal biopsies, a time-consuming, tedious and somewhat subjective task currently performed by pathologists ...
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