Diagnosis and management of acute variceal bleeding: Asian Pacific Association for study of the Liver recommendations

Hepatology International

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 607-624

  Sarin, Shiv Kumar ^a   Kumar, Ashish ^a   Angus, Peter W ^b   Baijal, Sanjay Saran ^c   Baik, Soon Koo ^d   Bayraktar, Yusuf ^e   Chawla, Yogesh Kumar ^f   Choudhuri, Gourdas ^c   Chung, Jin Wook ^g   De Franchis, Roberto ^h   De Silva, H Janaka ⁱ   Garg, Hitendra ^a   Garg, Pramod Kumar ^j   Helmy, Ahmed ^k   Hou, Ming Chih ^l   Jafri, Wasim ^m   Jia, Ji Dong ⁿ   Lau, George K ^o   Li, Chang Zheng ^p   Lui, Hock Foong ^q   Maruyama, Hitoshi ^r   Pandey, Chandra Mohan ^c   Puri, Amrender S ^s   Rerknimitr, Rungsun ^t   Sahni, Peush ^j   Saraya, Anoop ^j   Sharma, Barjesh Chander ^s   Sharma, Praveen ^a   Shiha, Gamal ^u   Sollano, Jose D ^v   Wu, Justin ^w   Xu, Rui Yun ^x   Yachha, Surender Kumar ^c   Zhang, Chunqing ^y   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVER AND BILIARY SCIENCES   (India)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^e HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^g Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^j ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^k KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^l TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^m AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

ⁿ CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^p CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^q SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^r CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^s G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^t CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^u MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^v UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

^w CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^x SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^y SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Portal hypertension; Vasoactive drugs

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; OCTREOTIDE; PLACEBO; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

ACUTE VARICEAL BLEEDING; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENDOTAMPONADE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MELENA; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; STOMACH VARICES; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VARICOSIS;

EID: 79956257594     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-010-9236-9     Document Type: Review

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