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Liver stiffness measurement, Doppler ultrasound, and serum non-invasive markers as predictors of varices and variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients

Egyptian Liver Journal
Background and aims Variceal bleeding is a life-threatening complication of liver cirrhosis, necessitating reliable non-invasive predictors to minimize the use of the more invasive esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD).
Waleed Attia Hassan, Reham M. Kemaly, Mostafa A. Sayed, Hanan M. Nafeh   +3 more
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Prediction of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Undergoing Endoscopy for Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Ankara Medical Journal, 2021
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study is to investigate the parameters that may contribute to the prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients who were admitted to the emergency department with non-variceal upper gastrointestinal system (GI) bleeding ...
Bülent Güngörer
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NON-INVASIVE RADIOLOGICAL PREDICTORS OF PORTAL HYPERTENSION AND VARICEAL BLEEDING IN CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE PATIENTS: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY AT HAYATABAD MEDICAL COMPLEX, PESHAWAR

Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry
Background: Portal hypertension and variceal bleeding are leading causes of morbidity and mortality in chronic liver disease (CLD). Invasive tools remain the gold standard for risk assessment, but resource and patient constraints demand validated, non ...
Hadia Gul, Asfandyar, Mehreen Samad, Faheem Ullah, Adnan Ahmed   +4 more
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Update on the management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

BMJ Medicine, 2022
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common emergency presentation requiring prompt resuscitation and management. Peptic ulcers are the most common cause of the condition.
Adrian J Stanley, Josh Orpen-Palmer
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Management of portal hypertensive gastropathy and other bleeding [PDF]

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2014
A major cause of cirrhosis related morbidity and mortality is the development of variceal bleeding, a direct consequence of portal hypertension. Less common causes of gastrointestinal bleeding are peptic ulcers, malignancy, angiodysplasia, etc.
Woo Jin Chung
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VARICEAL VERSUS NON-VARICEAL ETIOLOGY OF GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING IN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS AND RELATED SECONDARY COMPLICATIONS

Annals of Hepatology, 2022
Introduction and Objectives: Liver cirrhosis is a highly prevalent worldwide disease and in the last decade, there has been an increase of 13%. Patients with advanced liver disease are at higher risk of developing life-threatening decompensations; one of
I.E. Bravo-Espinoza, J.L. Pérez-Hernández, F.A. Lajud-Barquín, R.Y. López-Pérez, M.O. Santana-Montes, P.M. Diego-Salazar, M.F. Higuera de la Tijera   +6 more
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Seasonal Impacts on the Incidence of Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage: A Nationwide Analysis across a Decade [PDF]

Clinical Endoscopy, 2020
Background/Aims Seasonal variation has previously been reported in relation to the incidence of non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding; however, the impact of seasonal variation on variceal bleeding is not known.
Mohamed Tausif Siddiqui, Mohammad Bilal, Khwaja Fahad Haq, Christopher Nabors, Beth Schorr-Lesnick, David C. Wolf   +5 more
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Histoacryl Glue Injection for Treatment in Patient with Gastric Varices Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension

The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy, 2020
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is differentiated based on clinical needs into variceal and non-variceal bleeding. The cause of varices bleeding is portal hypertension, both cirrhosis and non-cirrhosis. Gastric varices occur less than esophageal varices,
Jualita Heidy Saputri, Budi Widodo
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Self-Expandable Metal Stents for Persisting Esophageal Variceal Bleeding after Band Ligation or Injection-Therapy: A Retrospective Study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Despite a pronounced reduction of lethality rates due to upper gastrointestinal bleeding, esophageal variceal bleeding remains a challenge for the endoscopist and still accounts for a mortality rate of up to 40% within the first 6 weeks.
Martin Müller, Thomas Seufferlein, Lukas Perkhofer, Martin Wagner, Alexander Kleger   +4 more
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Natural history of patients with non cirrhotic portal hypertension: Comparison with patients with compensated cirrhosis [PDF]

, 2018
Background. The knowledge of natural history of patients with portal hypertension (PH) not due to cirrhosis is less well known than that of cirrhotic patients. Aim.
Aprile, Francesca, Gioia, Stefania, Merli, Manuela, Nardelli, Silvia, Nicoletti, Valeria, Pasquale, Chiara, Pentassuglio, Ilaria, Riggio, Oliviero   +7 more
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