Significats de variceal bleed en anglès

Portal vein invasion is a risk factor for subsequent variceal bleed.

Thirty-eight patients died during follow-up, and 16 had a variceal bleed.

Patients with poor hepatic function are at higher risk of re-bleeding and death after acute gastric variceal bleed.

The four rebleeding episodes consisted of an esophageal variceal bleed, a gastric variceal bleed, a duodenal ulcer bleed, and a bleed caused by hemorrhagic gastritis.

Recurrent variceal bleeding is common and is associated with a high mortality.

Variceal bleeding results in significant morbidity and mortality in both children and adults.

Ten consecutive patients with known alcoholic cirrhosis and oesophageal variceal bleeding were included.

HVPG is a useful predictor of survival and variceal bleeding in these patients.

Variceal bleeding is the primary cause of death in hepatic schistosomiasis.

Conclusion: Variceal bleeding was independent risk factor for survival of newly diagnosed HCC patients.

Variceal bleeding is the most dreaded complication of portal hypertension.

No patient had ever had an endoscopy or treatment for prevention of recurrent variceal bleeding.

Patients with extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis may present from infancy through adulthood with variceal bleeding.

Shunt therapy, preferably the placement of a TIPS, is indicated for refractory acute variceal bleeding.

Liver transplantation should be reserved for children with poor synthetic function associated with variceal bleeding.

At least partial control of therapy-refractory ascites and variceal bleeding could be achieved in most patients.