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A Fourfold Increase of Oesophageal Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhotic Patients with a History of Oesophageal Variceal Bleeding

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: There is no large, recent, population-based data for evaluating the predictors of oesophageal variceal bleeding (OVB) among cirrhotic patients.
Tsung-Hsing Hung; Chih-Wei Tseng; Chih-Chun Tsai; Chorng-Jang Lay; Chen-Chi Tsai, Hung, T. H.; Tseng, C. W.; Tsai, C. C.; Lay, C. J.; Tsai, C. C.   +1 more
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PTU-066 Non-invasive assessment of systemic haemodynamics to determine variceal bleeding risk in cirrhotic patients: Abstract PTU-066

, 2015
Variceal bleeding is one of the most severe complications of portal hypertension. Universal endoscopic variceal screening is recommended and primary prophylaxis given based on oesophageal variceal size. Risk of bleeding also relates to other factors such
Austin, Andrew, Freeman, Jan G., Rye, Kara, Mortimore, Gerri   +3 more
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VARICEAL AND NON-VARICEAL GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING: A LIFE-THREATENING DISORDER IN PATIENTS PRESENTED WITH CIRRHOSIS ALSO EXAMINE THE OUTCOMES AND MORTALITY ASSOCIATED TO ACUTE VARICEAL BLEEDING & NON-VARICEAL BLEEDING

, 2020
Objective: To examine the clinical outcomes of cirrhotic patients presented with variceal and non-variceal gastrointestinal bleeding. Study Design: Retrospective/observational Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medicine, Chandka Medical College
Imdad Ali Ansari, Bashir Ahmed Shaikh, Aftab Hussain Shah, Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, Jawed Akhtar Samo, Ghulam Yasin Abro
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Evaluation of Splenic Stiffness Measurement for Predicting Recurrent Esophageal Variceal Bleeding in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia
Introduction. Esophageal variceal bleeding is one of the complications caused by an increase in pressure within the portal vein blood vessels. The gold standard examination for portal pressure is the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG), but HVPG ...
Andi Cahaya Tahir, Juferdy Kurniawan, Marcellus Simadibrata, Aulia Rizka, Hamzah Shatri, Cosmas Rinaldi A. Lesmana, Nadia Ayu Mulansari   +6 more
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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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Genotype–Phenotype Correlations of Monoallelic PFIC Variants in Pediatric Liver Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) is classically caused by biallelic pathogenic variants, yet monoallelic variants of uncertain significance (VUS) in PFIC‐associated genes are increasingly identified in children with cholestasis, creating diagnostic uncertainty.
Brett J. Hoskins, Tiziano Pramparo, Chaowapong Jarasvaraparn, Michael J. Wilsey, Voytek Slowik, Lakshmi Kunam, Janis M. Stoll, Ruben E. Quiros‐Tejeira, Simon Lam, Wikrom Karnsakul   +9 more
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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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Carvedilol in the treatment of portal hypertension

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011
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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Changes in the Clinical Outcomes of Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhotic Patients: A 10-Year Experience in Gangwon Province, South Korea

Gut and Liver, 2012
Background/AimsVariceal rupture is one of the main causes of mortality in cirrhotic patients. However, there are limited data on the long-term outcomes of variceal bleeding.Methods : We investigated the incidence and mortality of variceal bleeding at ...
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Endoscopic Treatment as the Rescue Therapy for Recurrent Bleeding after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2021
Background. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is suggested as the salvage therapy for gastroesophageal variceal bleeding in cirrhosis. However, rebleeding might occur in some patients after TIPS.
Liyuan Ni, Xiaoquan Huang, Siyu Jiang, Lili Ma, Jianjun Luo, Shiyao Chen   +5 more
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