Gastric variceal hemorrhage is a serious consequence of end-stage liver disease, which is associated with high morbidity and mortality. 1 The majority of patients with cirrhosis develop varices ...

The first-line pharmacologic treatment for prevention of recurrent variceal hemorrhage is beta-blockade ... patients who rebleed (from esophageal or gastric varices), who are refractory to ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a condition wherein there ... This is also known as oesophageal varices and this happens ...

The innermost tube (see diagram) goes into the stomach so that any escaped ... Its pressure against the varices stops the bleeding. Though the Sengstaken-Blakemore tube is effective in many ...

the prevention of bleeding from portal hypertensive gastropathy, probable efficacy for prevention of gastric variceal bleeding, a better safety profile and easier administration. Moreover ...

The Sengstaken–Blakemore tube is frequently used as a means of differentiating hemorrhage from esophageal varices and sites lower in the gastrointestinal tract. 3,4,11 It is realized ...

This study shows that the incidence of hepatic encephalopathy was lower in cirrhotic patients with upper gastrointestinal ... in the management of variceal bleed to prevent an episode of HE ...

This kind of bleeding originates in the upper part of the GI tract: the oesophagus, stomach, or duodenum (first part of the small intestine). UGIB has been connected to conditions like peptic ulcers, ...