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A Case of Worsened Refractory Ascites due to Prednisolone Administration for Stricture Prevention after Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Extensive Early Esophageal Cancer: Case Report and Literature Review

DEN Open, Volume 6, Issue 1, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is widely used for early esophageal cancer, even in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC). Corticosteroids, administered orally or by local injection, are often used to prevent post‐ESD esophageal stricture. However, their safety in patients with decompensated LC and refractory ascites remains unclear. A man
Yuki Tamura, Masanori Sekiguchi, Kaho Honda, Yu Maruyama, Kenta Ito, Makiko Inoue, Mitsuhiko Shibasaki, Daichi Takizawa, Hirotaka Arai, Toshio Uraoka   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A STUDY OF ROLE OF PLATELET COUNT/SPLEEN DIAMETER RATIO AS A PREDICTOR OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN PATIENT WITH CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE

National Journal of Medical Research, 2014
Background: In patients of chronic liver disease, the parameters directly linked to portal hypertension such as splenomegaly and decreased platelet count were predictors of presence of esophageal varices.
Jayesh Sharma, Mukesh Kumar Yadav, Abha Gupta, Tungvir S Arya   +3 more
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The Risk Factors for Bleeding of Fundal Varices in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Gut and Liver, 2013
Background/AimsThe relationship between portal hemodynamics and fundal varices has not been well documented. The purpose of this study was to understand the pathophysiology of fundal varices and to investigate bleeding risk factors related to the ...
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A Beginning or the End? A Meta-analysis to Assess the Diagnostic Accuracy of Transient Elastography for the Prediction of Esophageal Varices

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2016
Background/Aims: To assess the accuracy of transient elastography (TE) in the prediction of esophageal varices (EV). Materials and Methods: The literature search was conducted by using PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and CENTRAL on The Cochrane Library ...
Yundong Qu, Tao Li, Qian Ye, Lixin Zhang, Lei Wang   +4 more
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The use of endoscopy in liver diseases [PDF]

, 1997
The use of fibre-optic endoscopy has greatly facilitated the management of some patients with chronic liver disease. Upper endoscopy plays a pivotal role in the diagnosis and management of oesophageal and gastric varices.
Lam, SK, Lau, GKK, Ng, M, Wu, WHC
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Immunocompromised Status Definition in Observational Studies Using Electronic Health Records: A Scoping Review and a Proposal for a Phenotype Identification Algorithm

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Volume 35, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Immunocompromised individuals experience an impaired immune function due to conditions that might be either congenital or acquired over the course of their lives. Epidemiological studies often rely on clinical definitions which, in some cases, benefit from being translated into machine‐readable algorithms for application to electronic health ...
Judit Riera‐Arnau, Nicoletta Luxi, Fabio Riefolo, Martín Solorzano, Irene Pazos, Elena Ballarín, Lise Skovgaard Svingel, Lorenzo Chiusaroli, Elisa Martín‐Merino, Elisa Barbieri, María Lopez‐Lasanta, Sima Mohammadi, Denis Rotta, Alexandra Pacurariu, Catherine Cohet, Miriam Sturkenboom, Carlos E. Durán, on behalf of the SAFETY‐VAC study consortium, Carlos E. Durán, Miriam Sturkenboom, Judit Riera‐Arnau, Nicoletta Luxi, Olaf Klungel, Patrick Souverein, Sima Mohammadi, Fabio Riefolo, Irene Pazos, Rosa Gini, Davide Messina, Giuseppe Roberto, Carlo Giaquinto, Elisa Barbieri, Luca Stona, Felipe Villalobos, Martín Solorzano, Carlo Alberto Bissacco, Antonio Gimeno, Beatriz Poblador, Mercedes Aza, Aida Moreno, Alejandro Santos, Vera Ehrenstein, Lise Skovgaard Svingel, Benjamin Randeris Johannesen, Cécile Droz‐Perroteau, Laure Carcaillon‐Bentata, Anna‐Mija Tolppanen, Sirpa Hartikainen, Thuan Vo, Anne Paakinaho, Blair Rajamaki, Hedvig Nordeng, Saeed Hayati, Mahmoud Zidan, Juan José Carreras Martínez, Arantxa Urchueguía Fornes, Elisa Correcher Martínez, Javier Díez‐Domingo, Mar Martin, Patricia Garcia‐Poza, Airam de Burgos, Belén Castillo‐Cano, Elisa Martín‐Merino   +62 more
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Baveno VII Criteria for the Exclusion of Esophageal Varices in a Peruvian Population: Cross-Sectional Study

Revista Colombiana de Gastroenterología
Introduction: Esophageal varices represent one of the main complications in patients with liver cirrhosis. The main objective was to determine the diagnostic performance of the new Baveno VII criteria to exclude the presence of esophageal varices in ...
Celide Campoverde Cueva, Williams Celedonio-Campos, Brayan Campos-Salazar, Rommel Zambrano-Huailla, Karla Alejandra Vizcarra Zevallos, Jorge Garavito-Renteria   +5 more
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Gastrointestinal complications of hepatic transplantation [PDF]

, 1979
In this series of 150 orthotopic hepatic transplants, clinically significant gastrointestinal hemorrhage occurred in 34 patients (23%). Five patients (15%) survived this complication.
Koep, LJ, Starzl, TE, Weil, R
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Correlation of non-invasive parameters with upper gastrointestinal endoscopy findings for presence and grading of gastroesophageal varices in liver cirrhosis patients

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Background: Development of esophageal varices is one of the major complications of liver cirrhosis, and endoscopy is used to see the presence, grading, and long-term monitoring of esophageal varices which is an invasive and unpleasant procedure. There is
Navgeet Mathur, Harsh Patel, Ravi Mangalia, Amit Mehta, Medha Mathur, Anjana Verma, Ashish Patyal   +6 more
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EUS-guided portal pressure gradient measurement with a simple novel device: a human pilot study. [PDF]

, 2018
Background and aimsPortal hypertension is a serious adverse event of liver cirrhosis. Recently, we developed a simple novel technique for EUS-guided portal pressure gradient (PPG) measurement (PPGM).
Chang, Kenneth J, Hu, Ke-Qin, Huang, Jason Y, Lee, John, Samarasena, Jason B, Thieu, Daniel, Tsujino, Takeshi, Yu, Allen   +7 more
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