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Beta-blockers to prevent gastroesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis. [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Nonselective beta-adrenergic blockers decrease portal pressure and prevent variceal hemorrhage. Their effectiveness in preventing varices is unknown.
Bosch, J, Burroughs, AK, Escorsell, A, Gao, H, Garcia-Pagan, JC, Garcia-Tsao, G, Grace, ND, Groszmann, RJ, Makuch, R, Matloff, DS, Patch, D, Planas, R, Portal Hypertension Collaborative Group   +12 more
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Tethered capsule en face optical coherence tomography for imaging Barrett's esophagus in unsedated patients [PDF]

BMJ Open Gastroenterology (2020), 2020
Detection of Barrett's esophagus (BE) at points of care outside the endoscopy suite may improve screening access and reduce esophageal adenocarcinoma mortality. Tethered capsule optical coherence tomography (OCT) can volumetrically image esophageal mucosa and detect BE in unsedated patients.
arxiv   +1 more source

Platelet count can predict the grade of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients: a cross-sectional study [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2021
Background: Bleeding from esophageal varices is a life-threatening complication in cirrhosis. Screening endoscopy is recommended in cirrhotic patients to identify patients at risk of variceal hemorrhage, but this is an invasive procedure and has ...
Anum Afsar, Muhammad Nadeem, Aysha Rani, Sadaf Ghaffar, Syed Asim Ali Shah, Huma Hussain   +5 more
doaj  

Elastography-based screening for esophageal varices in patients with advanced chronic liver disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2019
Elastography-based liver stiffness measurement (LSM) is a non-invasive tool for estimating liver fibrosis but also provides an estimate for the severity of portal hypertension in patients with advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD).
R. Paternostro, T. Reiberger, T. Bucsics
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A manometric feature descriptor with linear-SVM to distinguish esophageal contraction vigor [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
n clinical, if a patient presents with nonmechanical obstructive dysphagia, esophageal chest pain, and gastro esophageal reflux symptoms, the physician will usually assess the esophageal dynamic function. High-resolution manometry (HRM) is a clinically commonly used technique for detection of esophageal dynamic function comprehensively and objectively.
arxiv  

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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Role of non-invasive markers in prediction of esophageal varices and variceal bleeding in patients of alcoholic liver cirrhosis from central India.

The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2019
BACKGROUND/AIMS Alcohol is the leading cause of liver cirrhosis, which results in portal hypertension and subsequently, culminates into esophageal varices and esophgeal variceal bleeding.
Harit G. Kothari, Sudhir J. Gupta, N. Gaikwad, T. Sankalecha, A. Samarth   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Correlation of Upper and Lower Endoscopic Changes in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension [PDF]

International Journal of Medical Arts, 2022
Background: It is a great challenge and complex process to manage complications in liver disease. Endoscopy was introduced and gained wide acceptance in the management of patients with liver disease.
Mohamed Mohamed Salem, Hany Awadallah, Khaled Elmola, Yousry Hashem   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An evaluation of 605 endoscopic examination in a rural setting, Lacor Hospital in Northern Uganda [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the profile of esophagogastroduodenal (EGDS) diseases diagnosed by upper endoscopy in a rural area of Uganda in a retro-protective study of 605 patients.
Alema NO, Ogwang DM, Okello TR, Pecorella I.   +3 more
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