Abstract:
PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Significant advances in the pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of the complications of portal hypertension that have occurred in the last year are reported. RECENT FINDINGS:The specific areas reviewed are those that refer to experimental studies aimed at modifying the factors that lead to portal hypertension (increased intrahepatic vascular resistance and splanchnic vasodilatation) and recent advances in the diagnosis and management of the complications of portal hypertension. The specific complications reviewed in this paper are varices and variceal bleeding (primary prophylaxis, treatment of the acute episode and secondary prophylaxis), ascites and hepatorenal syndrome, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and hepatic encephalopathy, as well as recent studies of predictors of death in cirrhosis. SUMMARY:Important studies, mostly prospective, regarding the management of the complications of portal hypertension are reviewed, including a trial of beta-blockers in the prevention of varices, a randomized trial of endoscopic variceal ligation plus nadolol in preventing recurrent variceal bleeding and several meta-analyses on trials comparing large-volume paracentesis with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in the management of refractory ascites.
journal_name
Curr Opin Gastroenteroljournal_title
Current opinion in gastroenterologyauthors
Garcia-Tsao Gdoi
10.1097/01.mog.0000218962.93806.9asubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-05-01 00:00:00pages
254-62issue
3eissn
0267-1379issn
1531-7056pii
00001574-200605000-00010journal_volume
22pub_type
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journal_title:Current opinion in gastroenterology
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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