The Impact of Achieving Sustained Virological Response with Direct Acting Antivirals on Gastroesophageal Varices and Variceal Bleeding [PDF]
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal, 2022 Background: The effect of treating chronic (HCV) by direct acting antiviral drugs (DAA) on gastroesophageal varices and variceal bleeding remain unclear Methods: prospective study we enrolled 200 patients with chronic HCV infection and gastroesophageal ...
Ahmed Fawzy Selim +3 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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Non-variceal Causes and Outcome of Acute Upper Gastro-intestinal bleeding among Cirrhotic Patients in Tropical Medicine Intensive Care Unit [PDF]
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2019 Background and aim of the work: non-variceal bleeding is less common than variceal bleeding among cirrhotic patients; hence there are fewer studies that pay attention to its causes and outcomes.
Abdel-Rahman Farag +3 more
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Effect of Implementing Nursing Protocol on clinical Outcomes of Acute Non- variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Patients [PDF]
Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal, 2023 Background: One of the most common reasons for hospitalization, morbidity, andmortality related to digestive illnesses is Non-variceal upper GIT bleeding.
Eman Soliman +3 more
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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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CURRENT PHARMACOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT IN UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society: Medical Sciences, 2023 Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common reason for presentation to the hospital. Appropriate resuscitation followed by endoscopic assessment and endotherapy for high-risk lesions (active bleeding or non-bleeding with visible vessels) forms the ...
Josh Orpen-Palmer, Adrian J Stanley
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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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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 +6 more
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Bleeding evaluation in patients with liver cirrhosis due to therapeutic approach: a statistical overview [PDF]
PharmaciaIn patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis, the presence of acute hemorrhage is a common clinical finding. The different types of bleeding that may be observed include variceal and non-variceal gastrointestinal bleeding and systemic bleeding due to ...
Kamen Valentinov Danov +21 more
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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 +4 more
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