Predictors of variceal rebleeding in liver cirrhosis
Acta Medica Alanya, 2023 Aim: Cirrhotic patients with acute variceal bleeding are characterized by a high mortality and rebleeding rate. The aim of this study was to explore predictors of rebleeding in cirrhotic patients.Methods: Cirrhotic patients who were admitted to the ...
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A Fibreoptic Endoscopic Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: a Retrospective Review of 240 Cases. [PDF]
, 2012 Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is recognized as a common and potentially life-threatening abdominal emergency that needs a prompt assessment and aggressive emergency treatment.
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Idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension: current perspectives [PDF]
, 2016 The term idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension (INCPH) has been recently proposed to replace terms, such as hepatoportal sclerosis, idiopathic portal hypertension, incomplete septal cirrhosis, and nodular regenerative hyperplasia, used to describe ...
D'AMATI, Giulia +5 more
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A Study of the Clinical Profile of Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed and Utility of Rockall Scoring in these Patients at a Tertiary Healthcare Setup [PDF]
Walawalkar International Medical Journal, 2022 Background: Upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGI Bleed) is common emergencies contributing to hospitalization and associated morbidity and mortality. Numerous scoring systems have been designed to assess risk factors for morbid outcome.
Sanjay Mundhe 1, Nagnath Redewad 1, Dhananjay Ogale 1, Khushmi Shah 1and Rohidas Borse1
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An evaluation of 605 endoscopic examination in a rural setting, Lacor Hospital in Northern Uganda [PDF]
, 2016 Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the profile of esophagogastroduodenal (EGDS) diseases diagnosed by upper endoscopy in a rural area of Uganda in a retro-protective study of 605 patients.
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European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2005 To describe patients presenting with sciatic nerve varices (SNV), presenting pitfalls in diagnosis and management.Case series.Patients were investigated using duplex ultrasonography pre-operatively in three cases. Treatment was undertaken both by surgery and by foam sclerotherapy.Clinically, SNV appeared just below the popliteal skin crease, lateral to
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Pulmonary embolism after sclerotherapy treatment of bleeding varices
Annals of Hepatology, 2008 We describe a case of pulmonary embolism after sclerosant injection for bleeding oesophageal varices. The patient was managed successfully with enoxaparin.
Syed F. Habib +3 more
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Variceal Bleeding Prophylaxis: Variceal Banding or Propranolol [PDF]
HPB Surgery, 2000 Background and Methods: We compared propranolol therapy and endoscopic ligation for the primary prevention of bleeding from esophageal varices. This prospective, controlled trial included consecutive eligible patients who had large varices (＞ 5mm in diameter) that were at high risk for bleeding. The patients were assigned to either propranolol therapy,
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Clinical Image of Varicose Veins of Upper Extremity [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchA 72-year-old male presented to the Department of Shalyatantra with the chief complaint of longstanding swellings in the left forearm (as shown in [Table/Fig-1]) over the last 20 years, which had been progressively increasing in size and number over the ...
Shubham Bobade, Sheetal Asutkar
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β-blockers in advanced cirrhosis: More friend than enemy [PDF]
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2021 Nonselective beta-adrenergic blocker (NSBB) therapy for the prevention of initial and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhotic patients with gastroesophageal varices has been used for the past four decades.
Ki Tae Yoon, Hongqun Liu, Samuel S. Lee
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