Pre‐Emptive Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt for Acute Variceal Bleed: Choose Your Patient Well!
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DOI: 10.1002/hep.30328
Abstract: I read with great interest the manuscript published by Procopet B et al. The authors have eloquently demonstrated the survival benefit of pre-emptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (p-TIPS) placement in patients with Child C cirrhosis presenting… read more here.
Keywords: intrahepatic portosystemic; transjugular intrahepatic; pre emptive; emptive transjugular ... See more keywords
Low skeletal muscle mass predicts early mortality in cirrhotic patients with acute variceal bleeding.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2017.06.004
Abstract: OBJECTIVES Low skeletal muscle mass adversely affects outcomes in cirrhotic patients; however, its affect in patients with acute variceal bleeding remains unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of low skeletal… read more here.
Keywords: skeletal muscle; muscle; low skeletal; acute variceal ... See more keywords
ω-3 fatty acid-enriched parenteral nutrition shortens hospital stay in acute variceal bleeding cirrhotic patients
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DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000029128
Abstract: Abstract Acute variceal bleeding, a crucial complication of liver cirrhosis requires high energy expenditures but gastrointestinal bleeding limits enteral feeding in the acute stage. We investigated the safety and efficacy of ω-3 fatty acid-enriched parenteral… read more here.
Keywords: enriched parenteral; acute variceal; nutrition; variceal bleeding ... See more keywords
Acute variceal haemorrhage in the context of posterior flail chest
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DOI: 10.1111/ans.15271
Abstract: [Extract] Flail chest occurs in 5–13% of patients with chest wall injury and is associated with higher rates of pulmonary contusion compared with other types of chest wall trauma.1 Patients with multiple rib fractures are… read more here.
Keywords: context posterior; variceal haemorrhage; haemorrhage context; acute variceal ... See more keywords
Bedside risk‐scoring model for predicting 6‐week mortality in cirrhotic patients undergoing endoscopic band ligation for acute variceal bleeding
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DOI: 10.1111/jgh.15426
Abstract: Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is a fatal adverse event of cirrhosis, and endoscopic band ligation (EBL) is the standard treatment for AVB. We developed a novel bedside risk‐scoring model to predict the 6‐week mortality in… read more here.
Keywords: band ligation; risk scoring; acute variceal; bedside risk ... See more keywords
Fresh frozen plasma in treating acute variceal bleeding: Not effective and likely harmful
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DOI: 10.1111/liv.14988
Abstract: Patients with endstage liver disease are at risk for both bleeding and thrombotic complications.1 Although the paradoxical risk for both bleeding and thrombotic events has been ascribed to the complex haemostatic changes that occur in… read more here.
Keywords: acute variceal; transfusion; variceal bleeding; variceal ... See more keywords
Timing of endoscopic intervention in patients with cirrhosis with acute variceal haemorrhage (TEACH trial): protocol for a randomised clinical trial (RCT)
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060290
Abstract: Introduction Acute variceal haemorrhage (AVH) in patients with cirrhosis remains a topic of great interest. Although several guidelines recommend endoscopy within 24 hours after AVH, there is no consensus on the most appropriate time to… read more here.
Keywords: variceal haemorrhage; patients cirrhosis; acute variceal; trial ... See more keywords
Management of acute variceal hemorrhage
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DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.18807.1
Abstract: Gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the major causes of death in patients with cirrhosis, and gastroesophageal varices represent the main source of hemorrhage. Even though in the last decades survival has been improved because of… read more here.
Keywords: variceal hemorrhage; acute variceal; hemorrhage; management acute ... See more keywords