Background Inotropes and vasopressors are frequently administered to critically ill patients
in order to improve haemodynamic function and restore adequate organ perfusion …

Portal hypertension is an important complication of liver disease. As a result of elevated
pressures within the portal vein several complications can arise, including the development …

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 …

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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 …

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

Vasoactive drugs form the mainstay of therapy for two of the most important complications of
liver disease: hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) and acute variceal bleed (AVB). With cumulative …

Methods: We searched the PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases. The
reference list was also hand-searched. Using a random-effect model, we combined the data …

Balancing basic science with information on everyday clinical practice, Blumgart's Surgery of
the Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas, 7th Edition, provides you with expert guidance and …

Terlipressin is frequently used in acute variceal bleeding due to its powerful effect on
vasopressin V1 receptors. Although terlipressin is also a partial agonist of renal vasopressin …