Sixty-seven of 304 patients bled from the upper gastrointestinal ... variceal bleeding ( Table 1). These were sex, presence of heavy alcohol consumption, etiology of liver cirrhosis, serum albumin ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a symptom of a disease ... flow through the liver is restricted in people with liver disease, such as cirrhosis. This blockage causes portal hypertension ...

We conducted a retrospective cohort study in an attempt to re-evaluate the clinical significance of variceal bleeding. Methods: A cohort of 304 patients with liver cirrhosis and esophageal varices ...

EBL should be performed 1–2 weeks after initial endoscopy for the acute bleeding episode and repeated until complete variceal eradication. Patients with cirrhosis who have not received primary ...

Cirrhosis is the severe scarring or fibrosis of the liver. It happens in the late stage of liver disease and other conditions that involve liver damage. The scarring that occurs with cirrhosis is ...

This condition often arises with liver cirrhosis. If bleeding occurs ... especially if there's bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Early detection is crucial as treatment tends to ...

Hypertension. Cardiovascular disease. Asthma. Peptic ulcer. GI bleeding disorders. Liver cirrhosis. Hepatic or renal impairment. Discontinue if signs/symptoms of GI bleed, migraine is not relieved ...