Evaluation and management of variceal bleeding

Acute variceal bleeding is one of the most fatal complications of cirrhosis and is responsible for about one-third of cirrhosis-related deaths. Therefore, every effort should be made to emergently resuscitate the patients, start pharmacotherapy as soon as possible and do endoscopic therapy in a timely manner. Despite the recent advances in treatment, mortality rate is still high. We provide a comprehensive review of evaluation and management of variceal bleeding.

Source: Disease a Month - March 7, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Obada Tayyem, Mohammad Bilal, Ronald Samuel, Sheharyar K. Merwat Source Type: research