Nuria Cañete

TL;DR: In this paper, a multicenter, international, observational study including 671 patients from 34 centers admitted for acute variceal bleeding (AVB) and high-risk of treatment failure was conducted.

TL;DR: This large multi-center international real-life study identified ACLF as at admission an independent predictor of rebleeding and mortality in AVB and pTIPS may be considered in ACLF patients with AVB, although the presented data need to be independently validated.

TL;DR: Almost 50% of the cirrhotic patients with ascites developed some type of functional renal failure during the follow-up period; renal failure was associated with worse prognosis.

TL;DR: A meta-analysis of data from 1327 patients with cirrhosis, acute variceal bleeding, and Child-Pugh score between 10-13 points or CP-B+AB found that preemptive TIPS increased the proportion who survived for 1 year, in both subgroups separately, compared with drugs plus endoscopy.

TL;DR: Peptic ulcer rebleeding virtually does not occur in patients with complicated ulcers after H. pylori eradication, and maintenance anti-ulcer (antisecretory) therapy is not necessary if eradication is achieved.