Predictors of Non-Variceal Hemorrhage in a National Cohort of Patients With Chronic Liver Disease. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Non-variceal hemorrhage in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) increases morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. There are limited data on risk factors for non-variceal hemorrhage in the CLD population.
Afzal A +6 more
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Motion – Prophylactic Banding of Esophageal Varices Is Useful: Arguments for the Motion
Variceal hemorrhage is a frequent complication of cirrhosis and is associated with a high mortality rate, especially in patients with decompensated liver disease.
Gregory V Stiegmann
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Pathophysiology and Treatment of Variceal Hemorrhage [PDF]
Portal hypertension results from increases in portal flow and portal vascular resistance. Factors increasing portal blood flow are predominantly humoral. Resistance to portal flow has a fixed component due to distortion of the vasculature by cirrhotic nodules and a variable component that is related to vasoactive substances.
L R, Roberts, P S, Kamath
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Improved Survival with the Patients with Variceal Bleed [PDF]
Variceal hemorrhage is a major cause of death in patients with cirrhosis. Over the past two decades new treatment modalities have been introduced in the management of acute variceal bleeding (AVB) and several recent studies have suggested that the ...
Shiv K. Sarin, Praveen Sharma
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Endoscopic Approaches to the Treatment of Variceal Hemorrhage in Hemodialysis-Dependent Patients
Background. Esophagogastric variceal hemorrhage leads to challenging situation in chronic kidney disease patients on maintenance hemodialysis. Aims. To determine the safety and efficacy of endoscopic approaches to patients with hemodialysis-dependent ...
Xiaoquan Huang +5 more
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C-clamp and pelvic packing for control of hemorrhage in patients with pelvic ring disruption [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Exsanguinating hemorrhage is the major cause of death in patients with pelvic ring disruption. AIMS: The aim of this study was to document outcomes after the stabilization of pelvic ring injuries by a C-clamp and control of hemorrhage ...
Meier, C +12 more
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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for the management of acute variceal hemorrhage.
International audienceAcute variceal hemorrhage, a life-threatening condition that requires a multidisciplinary approach for effective therapy, is defined as visible bleeding from an esophageal or gastric varix at the time of endoscopy, the presence of ...
Loffroy, Romaric +11 more
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Sepsis in cirrhosis: report on the 7th meeting of the International Ascites Club [PDF]
Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response to the presence of infection, mediated via the production of many cytokines, including tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-1, which cause changes in the circulation ...
Wong, F. +23 more
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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 +9 more
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Intravenous tPA therapy does not worsen acute intracerebral hemorrhage in mice [PDF]
Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is the only FDA-approved treatment for reperfusing ischemic strokes. But widespread use of tPA is still limited by fears of inadvertently administering tPA in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).
Emiri Mandeville +58 more
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