Timing of endoscopy in patients with cirrhosis and acute variceal bleeding: a single-center retrospective study

Timing of endoscopy in patients with cirrhosis and acute variceal bleeding: a single-center retrospective study

Abstract Background The optimal timing of endoscopy in liver cirrhosis with acute variceal bleeding (AVB) remains controversial in current guidelines and studies. Methods Consecutive patients with liver cirrhosis and AVB were screened. The timing of endoscopy was calculated from the last presentatio...

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Main Authors: Mengyuan Peng, Zhaohui Bai, Deli Zou, Shixue Xu, Chunmei Wang, Metin Başaranoğlu, Cyriac Abby Philips, Xiaozhong Guo, Xiaodong Shao, Xingshun Qi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-06-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Acute variceal bleeding
Liver cirrhosis
Endoscopy
Five-day failure to control bleeding
In-hospital mortality
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-023-02766-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-023-02766-8

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