Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Esophageal metal stents were more effective in controlling acute bleeding from varices in patients with ...

The clinical experts explained that oesophageal variceal bleeding is an acute clinical emergency and clinical care is managed on a case-by-case basis. First-line treatment is an endoscopy followed by ...

Balloon tamponade with a Linton-Nachlas or Sengstaken-Blakemore tube can be a bridge to endoscopic therapy in massive variceal hemorrhage. Care should be taken to prevent insufflation of the gastric ...

For centuries, gastrointestinal bleeding has been recognized as a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with pathology of the portal circulation. By contrast, a fuller understanding of ...

Experience with the Sengstaken-Blakemore tube at the Grace-New Haven Community Hospital suggested that these complications are more frequent, more varied and more serious than generally recognized. A ...

The esophagus connects the pharynx and the stomach via a long tube. The inflammation in the veins of the esophagus is termed as esophageal varices. As the enlarged veins are very close to the inner ...

The patient was given octreotide at the doses indicated because of the high suspicion of variceal bleeding. Intravenous ciprofloxacin was also administered to prevent bacterial infection. At endoscopy ...

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