Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common medical emergency, with a reported
mortality of 2-10%. Patients identified as being at very low risk of either needing an …

Portal hypertension is a clinical syndrome defined by a portal venous pressure gradient
exceeding 5 mm Hg. 1 Cirrhosis is the most common cause of portal hypertension in the …

This Practice Guidance from the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
(AASLD) intends to coalesce best practice recommendations for the identification of portal …

Over the past two decades, new treatment modalities have been introduced for the
management of variceal bleeding. The aim of this retrospective study in a single center was …

Endoscopic therapy, involving either injection sclerosis or band ligation, is considered the
intervention of first choice for acute variceal bleeding (AVB). Pharmacologic agents have …

Vasoactive drugs are recommended to be started as soon as possible in suspected variceal
bleeding, even before diagnostic endoscopy. However, it is still unclear whether the …

Diese interdisziplinäre Leitlinie unter Leitung der DGVS und Beteiligung benachbarter
Fachgesellschaften fasst die wichtigsten Aspekte zur Versorgung von Patienten mit …

Clinical practice guidelines have been developed to improve the process and outcomes of
health care and to optimize resource utilization. By addressing such issues as prevention …

Gastroesophageal variceal hemorrhage, a major complication of portal hypertension
resulting from cirrhosis, accounts for 10 to 30 percent of all cases of bleeding from the upper …

Background Vasoactive medications such as vasopressin, somatostatin and their analogues
(terlipressin, vapreotide and octreotide) are commonly used for the treatment of acute …