Description Cirrhosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and
worldwide. It consists of compensated, decompensated, and further decompensated stages; …

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 …

1 ESGE recommends that patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease
(ACLD; due to viruses, alcohol, and/or nonobese [BMI< 30 kg/m 2] nonalcoholic …

Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is a potentially fatal complication of clinically significant portal
hypertension and is one of the most common causes of acute upper gastrointestinal …

Gastrointestinal endoscopy has always formed a reliable and indispensable backbone in
the diagnosis and management of hepatobilary disorders and their complications. However …

Assessment, Resuscitation and Medical Management of Variceal and Nonvariceal
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Background Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common emergency requiring
hospital‐based care. Advances in care across pre‐endoscopic, endoscopic and post …

Introduction Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a condition commonly seen in the
emergency department (ED). Therefore, it is important for emergency clinicians to be aware …

Background The optimal timing of endoscopy in liver cirrhosis with acute variceal bleeding
(AVB) remains controversial in current guidelines and studies. Methods Consecutive …

First, we want to thank you for bringing to our attention an error in the two references
(numbers 170 and 171) in our guidance (1) that we have now corrected (in the pre-print and …