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Portal Hypertension and Variceal Hemorrhage

Medical Clinics of North America, 2009
Portal hypertension is a progressively debilitating complication of cirrhosis and a principal cause of mortality in patients who have hepatic decompensation. This article describes the classification system and pathophysiology of portal hypertension. It also discusses a practical approach to prevention of first variceal hemorrhage, general management ...
David A, Sass, Kapil B, Chopra
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Treatment of Variceal Hemorrhage in Children

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1990
The etiology and management of portal hypertension in infants and children differ from those in adults. Both the plan of management and the prognosis of portal hypertension vary considerably depending upon the nature of the underlying pathologic process.
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PREVENTION OF INITIAL VARICEAL HEMORRHAGE

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 1992
Results from prospective controlled trials do not justify the use of either prophylactic shunt surgery or sclerotherapy for the prevention of initial variceal bleeding. Use of nonselective beta-adrenergic blockers has been shown to reduce significantly the risk of first variceal hemorrhage, but their effect on survival is marginal.
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Prophylaxis for Variceal Hemorrhage

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, 1992
Shunt surgery, endoscopic sclerotherapy, and drug treatment with beta-blockers have been evaluated as prophylaxes for the first variceal bleed. Shunt surgery is associated with increased mortality and the risk of encephalopathy. Endoscopic sclerotherapy is relatively ineffective invasively and may be harmful.
P. Aiden McCormick, Andrew K. Burroughs
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Sclerotherapy for emergency variceal hemorrhage

World Journal of Surgery, 1984
AbstractThis report emphasizes the importance of emergency endoscopy in the diagnosis of suspected variceal hemorrhage and reviews the role of sclerotherapy at the time of the initial diagnostic endoscopy. With actively bleeding varices, initial control with vasopressin and/or balloon tube tamponade is preferred.
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Endoscopic Management of Varices and Variceal Hemorrhage

2010
Acute variceal hemorrhage is a medical emergency. Approximately 40% of patients with cirrhosis are found to have esophageal varices on endoscopic evaluation (Bosch et al.2003), and approximately one third of patients will experience variceal hemorrhage (Kleber et al.
Joshua Hall, Subbaramiah Sridhar
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Management of Variceal Hemorrhage

Southern Medical Journal, 1984
F, Navab, T D, Schiller, D, Slaton
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Management of variceal hemorrhage

Current Problems in Surgery, 2003
Alexander S, Rosemurgy, Emmanuel E, Zervos   +1 more
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Variceal Hemorrhage

Southern Medical Journal, 1985
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Variceal Hemorrhage: A Review

Military Medicine, 1980
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