Blood transfusion did not significantly improve the prognosis of patients with digestive bleeding by esophageal varices, according to a study in Open Access Journal of Gastroenterology. “Digestive ...

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 ...

Background and Aims: Recent progress in the treatment of variceal bleeding might have reduced the impact of variceal bleeding on survival in patients with esophageal varices. We conducted a ...

Gastroesophageal variceal bleeding is a common and life-threatening complication in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. When cirrhosis is diagnosed, varices are present in about 50% of ...

We have observed frequent discrepancies between the endoscopic and radiologic diagnosis of esophageal varices. In addition, differences in interpretation of the same radiologic examination by various ...

THE prompt diagnosis of the cause of bleeding in patients with hemorrhage from the upper gastrointestinal tract is difficult. Patients bleeding from esophageal varices must be distinguished from those ...

In liver cirrhotic patients, thrombocytopenia and splenomegaly represent independent predictors of large esophageal varices. [4,5] Decreased prothrombin activity and increased ultrasonographic portal ...