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Nurses' Knowledge and Practices Regarding Care of Patients during Esophageal Varices Attack [PDF]

Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice
Background: Esophageal varices are the most dangerous portosystemic shunts and the esophageal varices bleeding is the common complication for esophageal varices.
Mostafa Ibrahim
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The Clinical Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound for Management of Bleeding Esophageal Varices in Liver Cirrhosis

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2022
Bleeding esophageal varices (BEV) is a serious clinical condition and can potentially be life-threatening. Esophageal varices are caused by abnormal dilated submucosal and collateral veins in the esophagus wall as a result of portal hypertension due to ...
Kemal Fariz Kalista, Syifa Amalia Hanif, Saut Horas Nababan, Cosmas Rinaldi Adithya Lesmana, Irsan Hasan, Rino Gani   +5 more
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Nurses' Performance Regarding Care of Patients with Bleeding Esophageal Varices [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2019
Background: Esophageal varices are enlarged or swollen veins that occur on the lining of the esophagus. Varices can be life-threatening if they break open and bleed.
Samar Faltas Marzouk, Naglaa Elsayed Mahdy, Manal Houssien Nasre, Noura Shaban Abdelazim Abdelhaleem   +3 more
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SURGICAL METHODS OF BLEEDING PREVENTION FROM ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS

Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2017
E.A. Vagner Perm State Medical University OBJECTIVE. The authors would like to improve the results of surgical treatment of patients with threat of bleeding from esophageal varices. MATERIALS AND METHODS.
M. F. Zarivchatskiy, E. D. Kamenskikh, I. N. Mugatarov, M. V. Kolyvanova   +3 more
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Outcome of Endoscopic Variceal Band Ligation

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2017
Introduction: Bleeding from esophageal varices in cirrhosis is an emergent condition with high mortality. One of the preferred modality of treating esophageal varices is EVL.
Barun Shrestha, Sudhamshu KC, Sita Ram Chaudhary, Bhupendra Kumar Basnet, Amrendra Kumar Mandal, Nandu Silwal Poudyal   +5 more
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Regression of esophageal varices and splenomegaly in two patients with hepatitis-C-related liver cirrhosis after interferon and ribavirin combination therapy [PDF]

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2016
Some recent studies have found regression of liver cirrhosis after antiviral therapy in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver cirrhosis, but there have been no reports of complete regression of esophageal varices after interferon/peg ...
Soon Jae Lee, Yoo-Kyung Cho, Soo-Young Na, Eun Kwang Choi, Sun Jin Boo, Seung Uk Jeong, Hyung Joo Song, Heung Up Kim, Bong Soo Kim, Byung-Cheol Song   +9 more
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Esophageal Varices

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, 1994
Numerous conditions lead to portal hypertension with the development of esophageal varices. Treatment for acute variceal hemorrhage should progress in a logical, stepwise fashion. Therapy after fluid resuscitation includes vasopressin, somatostatin, or a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube.
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Regression of esophageal varices during entecavir treatment in patients with hepatitis-B-virus-related liver cirrhosis [PDF]

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2016
Recent studies suggest that liver cirrhosis is reversible after administering oral nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy to patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
Hye Young Jwa, Yoo-Kyung Cho, Eun Kwang Choi, Heung Up Kim, Hyun Joo Song, Soo-Young Na, Sun-Jin Boo, Seung Uk Jeong, Bong Soo Kim, Byoung-Wook Lee, Byung-Cheol Song   +10 more
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Case Report: Diagnosis and Treatment Esophageal Varices

Jurnal Kedokteran Diponegoro, 2023
Background: Esophageal varices are dilated submucosal veins that connect the portal and systemic circulations to the esophagus. It occurs because of portal hypertension (most caused by cirrhosis), portal blood flow resistance, and increased portal vein ...
Risa Ayu Nilmarani, Indra Zachreini, Diana Novita   +2 more
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Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloprotinase-1 and collagen type IV in HCV-associated cirrhosis and grading of esophageal varices

Egyptian Liver Journal
Background Esophageal varices are abnormally dilated submucosal veins of the esophagus which develop as a result of portal hypertension due to cirrhosis. Collagen type IV is upregulated with a 14-fold increase in cirrhosis.
Nasser Mohamed Abdalla, Fatma Mohamed Abd El Aziz, Akram Deghady, Mohamed Helmy Abaza, Walid Ismail Ellakany   +4 more
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