Clinical Liver Disease

Management of an acute variceal bleeding episode - Enric Reverter and Juan Carlos García-Pagán – Article Reading

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Acute variceal bleeding is a severe complication of portal hypertension and causes 70% of all upper gastrointestinal bleeding episodes in patients with liver cirrhosis. Drs. Reverter and García-Pagán address general management and hemostatic treatments, including vasoactive therapy, endoscopic therapy, and rescue therapies