Bleeding Complications of Portal Hypertension.
Clin Liver Dis
; 28(3): 483-501, 2024 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
In portal hypertension, acute variceal bleed is the cause of 2/3rd of all upper gastrointestinal bleeding episodes. It is a life-threatening emergency in patients with cirrhosis. Nonselective beta-blockers by decreasing the hepatic venous pressure gradient are the mainstay of medical therapy for the prevention of variceal bleeding and rebleeding. Evaluation of the severity of bleed, hemodynamic resuscitation, prophylactic antibiotic, and intravenous splanchnic vasoconstrictors should precede the endoscopy procedure. Endoscopic band ligation is the recommended endotherapy. Rescue transjugular intrahepatic port-systemic shunt (TIPS) is recommended for variceal bleed refractory to endotherapy. In patients with a high risk of failure of combined pharmacologic and endoscopic therapy, pre-emptive TIPS may improve the outcome. For gastric varices, "Sarin classification" is universally applied as it is simple and has therapeutic implication. For IGV1 and GOV2, injection cyanoacrylate glue is considered the endotherapy of choice. Endoscopic ultrasound is a useful modality in the management of gastric varices.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Várices Esofágicas y Gástricas
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Derivación Portosistémica Intrahepática Transyugular
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Hemorragia Gastrointestinal
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Hipertensión Portal
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Liver Dis
Asunto de la revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
India
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos