Medscape: Clinical Significance of Variceal Hemorrhage in Recent Years in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis and Esophageal Varices
Clinical Significance of Variceal Hemorrhage in Recent Years in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis and Esophageal Varices
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina revealed the need to clarify current treatment guidelines for octreotide therapy following an esophageal variceal hemorrhage in a recent study ...
Variceal rebleeding frequently develops in patients with cirrhosis after an initial episode of acute variceal hemorrhage. The best prophylactic treatment for variceal rebleeding has not been clearly ...
clinicaladvisor.com: How Do Clinicians Prevent First Variceal Hemorrhage in Cirrhosis With PVT?
Bleeding from gastric varices is relatively common and can be life threatening. The optimal treatment strategy for gastric variceal hemorrhage is controversial. Both interventional radiology and ...
News Medical: Less is more in octreotide therapy for esophageal variceal hemorrhage
In patients with cirrhosis and acute fundal variceal bleeding, the use of preemptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (p-TIPS) with a covered stent within 72 hours of initial bleeding ...
EurekAlert!: Study shows carvedilol is effective in preventing variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients
Study shows carvedilol is effective in preventing variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients
Healio: No difference in outcomes with antibiotics for Child-Pugh A cirrhosis, variceal bleeding
No difference in outcomes with antibiotics for Child-Pugh A cirrhosis, variceal bleeding
Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) receiving atezolizumab-bevacizumab treatment were more likely to experience variceal bleeding if they had a low platelet count, main portal vein ...
Healio: ‘Lack of quality evidence’ to support prolonged vasoconstrictor use for variceal bleeding