Medical management of esophageal varices and portal hypertension in children

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-218

  D'Antiga, Lorenzo ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Esophageal varices; Portal hypertension; Propranolol; Shunt surgery; TIPS

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETHANOLAMINE; OCTREOTIDE; POLIDOCANOL; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PREMATURITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PORTAL VEIN; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL;

EID: 84863844276     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: 15329453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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