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Endoscopic clipping in non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding treatment
Since the earliest reports, advanced clipping systems have been developed, and it is possible to choose among many models with different structural and technical features. The main drawback of through-the-scope clips is their small size, which allows the compression of limited amounts of tissue needed for large-size vessel treatment.
Giuseppe Galloro+8 more
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Towards personalised management for non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Guidelines from national and international professional societies on upper gastrointestinal bleeding highlight the important clinical issues but do not always identify specific management strategies pertaining to individual patients. Optimal treatment should consider the personal needs of an individual patient and the pertinent resources and experience
Joseph J Y Sung+3 more
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Background Partial splenic embolization (PSE) is a non-surgical procedure which was initially used to treat hypersplenism. Furthermore, partial splenic embolization can be used for the treatment of different conditions, including gastroesophageal ...
Vlad Pavel+7 more
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Non Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed
Gastrointestinal bleed is one of the commonest emergency. Peptic ulcers make up 50% of these cases. Risk stratification, resuscitation are essential in early management of GI bleed, early endoscopy is the main tool in managing and idenfifying the patient with higher risk of recurrent bleed and offers an opportunity to control bleed.
Ajay Kumar, Mukul Rastogi
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ObjectivesTo investigate the clinical characteristics, risk factors, and predictors of esophagogastric variceal bleeding in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-induced liver cirrhosis.MethodsThis comparative observational study was carried out on 100 ...
Saad El Deen Mohamed El Sheref+2 more
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Carvedilol in the treatment of portal hypertension
Variceal bleeding is a major event in the natural history of end-stage liver disease with a subsequent high mortality rate. Non-selective β-blockers are currently the drugs of choice for preventing first variceal bleeding. Endoscopic rubber band ligation
Hamdan Al-Ghamdi
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Introduction Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) is a crucial procedure for the primary and secondary prevention of variceal bleeding. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of EVL in the prevention of variceal bleeding.
Chantelli Iamblaudiot Razafindrazoto+14 more
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Pharmacotherapy of Acute Non-Variceal Bleeding [PDF]
Jenkins et al. [1] review the action and application of unassociated with an ulcerating process. All of these vessels will characteristically have a start-and-stop bleeding somatostatin and its analogue, octreotide. The authors of this review all have experience using somatostatin for pattern depending upon the integrity of the thrombus plugging the ...
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Endoscopic Treatment and Prevention of Acute Variceal Hemorrhage [PDF]
Gastroesophageal varices occur in more than half of patients with cirrhosis and the incidence increases as liver function worsens. Although the mortality rate for acute variceal bleeding has decreased with the development of variceal endoscopic ...
Youngdae Kim
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Absence of Helicobacter pylori is not protective against peptic ulcer bleeding in elderly on offending agents: lessons from an exceptionally low prevalence population [PDF]
Aim. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is exceptionally rare in population from the north-eastern region of Peninsular Malaysia. This provides us an opportunity to contemplate the future without H.
Yeong Yeh Lee+3 more
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