descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 04 Mar 2010 English Publisher:Massachusetts Medical SocietyJournal:New England Journal of Medicine, volume 362, pages 823-832 (issn: 0028-4793, eissn: 1533-4406,

Authors: Garcia Tsao, Guadalupe; Bosch i Genover, Jaume;

doi: 10.1056/nejmra0901512

pmid: 20200386

handle: 2445/47244

Management of Varices and Variceal Hemorrhage in Cirrhosis

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Abstract

Variceal hemorrhage is a lethal complication of cirrhosis, particularly in patients in whom clinical decompensation (i.e., ascites, encephalopathy, a previous episode of hemorrhage, or jaundice) has already developed. Practice guidelines for the management of varices and variceal hemorrhage1 in cirrhosis are mostly based on evidence in the literature that has been summarized and prioritized at consensus conferences...

Related Organizations

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas
Spain
Yale University
United States
University of Barcelona
Spain

Keywords

Liver Cirrhosis, Varices, Cirrosi hepàtica, Vasodilator Agents, Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, Hemorrhage, Esophageal and Gastric Varices, Risk Assessment, Hypertension, Portal, Sclerotherapy, Secondary Prevention, Humans, Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical, Vasoconstrictor Agents, Ligation, Liver diseases, Malalties del fetge, Hemorràgia, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Hepatic cirrhosis, Varicose veins, Acute Disease, Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

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