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[Esophageal varices].

open access: yesTidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke, 1983
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Development of a machine learning model to predict bleed in esophageal varices in compensated advanced chronic liver disease: A proof of concept

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2021
Risk stratification beyond the endoscopic classification of esophageal varices (EVs) to predict first episode of variceal bleeding (VB) is currently limited in patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease (cACLD).
S. Agarwal   +10 more
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Primary prevention of bleeding from esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis: An update and review of the literature

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2020
All patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension should be stratified by risk groups to individualize different therapeutic strategies to increase the effectiveness of treatment. In this regard, the development of primary prophylaxis of variceal
D. Garbuzenko, N. Arefyev
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The Treatment of Esophageal Varices

Annual Review of Medicine, 1992
The etiology, the geographic variation in pathology, and the level of hepatic reserve all affect the prognosis in patients with bleeding from esophageal varices. Acute variceal bleeding requires emergency treatment. The options include pharmacological therapy, balloon tube tamponade, and urgent sclerotherapy used singly or in combination.
J, Terblanche, J E, Krige, P C, Bornman
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Sclerotherapy of Esophageal Varices

Archives of Surgery, 1980
Sclerotherapy of esophageal varices is being reevaluated by many surgeons because of increasing dissatisfaction with shunting procedures. A new technique of sclerotherapy using the flexible fiberoptic endoscope with balloon tamponade of variceal channels is being evaluated. To date, 18 patients have been treated by us with this method.
J, Lewis, R S, Chung, J, Allison
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Accuracy of liver stiffness, spleen stiffness, and LS‐spleen diameter to platelet ratio score in detection of esophageal varices: Systemic review and meta‐analysis

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2018
There is increasing evidence of non‐invasive measurement using elastography such liver stiffness (LS), spleen stiffness (SS), and LS‐spleen diameter to platelet ratio score (LSPS) for detection of esophageal varices (EV); however, data regarding ...
Wuttiporn Manatsathit   +6 more
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Bleeding Esophageal Varices

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1981
The unresolved issue of the optimal treatment of portal hypertension attests to the disappointments in present treatment. In reality, the disappointments are a result of progressive liver disease, which is not helped and probably deteriorates more rapidly after shunting operations.
F L, Sax, A M, Cooperman
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