Clinical Liver Disease
Management of an acute variceal bleeding episode - Enric Reverter and Juan Carlos García-Pagán – Article Reading
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:06:25
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Synopsis
Acute variceal bleeding is a severe complication of portal hypertension and causes 70% of all upper gastrointestinal bleeding episodes in patients with liver cirrhosis. Drs. Reverter and García-Pagán address general management and hemostatic treatments, including vasoactive therapy, endoscopic therapy, and rescue therapies