Management of Acute Variceal Bleeding: Emphasis on Endoscopic Therapy

Clinics in Liver Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-262

  Cárdenas, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute variceal bleeding; Cirrhosis; Endoscopic band ligation; Endoscopic sclerotherapy; Endoscopic therapy; Endoscopy; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NORFLOXACIN; OCTREOTIDE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PLACEBO; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN; VAPREOTIDE; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC BAND LIGATION; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDIASTINITIS; NAUSEA; PERICARDITIS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; STENT; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

BALLOON OCCLUSION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIGATION; LIVER DISEASES; PORTAL SYSTEM; SCLEROTHERAPY; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 77953043108     PISSN: 10893261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2010.03.002     Document Type: Review

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