Disease-a-month : DM. 64(7):312-320, 7/1/2018 12:00:00 AM
PMID: 29525376
Evaluation and management of variceal bleeding.
Tayyem, Obada, Bilal, Mohammad, Samuel, Ronald, Merwat, Sheharyar K.
Abstract
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.
