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Portal hypertensive bleeding in cirrhosis: Risk stratification, diagnosis, and management: 2016 practice guidance by the American Association for the study of liver diseases.

01 Jan 2017-Hepatology (Hepatology)-Vol. 65, Iss: 1, pp 310-335
TL;DR: This guidance provides a data-supported approach to risk stratification, diagnosis, and management of patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension (PH), varices, and variceal hemorrhage (VH), and statements are based on the following.
About: This article is published in Hepatology.The article was published on 2017-01-01. It has received 1397 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Risk assessment & Portal hypertension.
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TL;DR: The panel of experts, having emphasised the importance of initiating aetiologic treatment for any degree of hepatic disease at the earliest possible stage, extended its work to all the complications of cirrhosis which had not been covered by the European Association for the Study of the Liver guidelines.

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  • ...Recommendations regarding management of coagulopathy and thrombocytopenia cannot be made based on currently available data.(168,169,199) As mentioned above vasoactive drug therapy should be initiated as soon as AVH is suspected....

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  • ...024 which is considered the main treatment outcome by consensus.(168,199) Blood volume restitution should be initiated promptly to restore and maintain haemodynamic stability to ensure tissue perfusion and oxygen delivery....

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  • ...024 prophylactic antibiotics, up to 10–15% of patients with AVH have persistent bleeding or early rebleeding.(195,199) In such cases, TIPS should be considered as the rescue therapy of choice....

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  • ...Antibiotic prophylaxis is recommended because it reduces the incidence of infections and improves control of bleeding and survival.(199,208) Ceftriaxone (1 g/24 h) for up to seven days, is the first choice in patients with advanced cirrhosis, in those on quinolone prophylaxis and in hospital settings with high prevalence of quinolone-resistant bacterial infections....

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  • ...worsening of liver fibrosis, cirrhosis decompensation, and lack of regression of cirrhosis in patients with viral cirrhosis,((29-31)) whereas even moderate alcohol intake can lead to worsening PP and has been shown to worsen prognosis of hepatitis C virus (HCV)- and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)-related cirrhosis....

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  • ...Because thin septa are considered more susceptible to resorption/degradation, patients in this stage are the most likely to show regression to a noncirrhotic stage with treatment of etiology,((74)) as has been demonstrated in patients with HBV (hepatitis B virus) cirrhosis.((31)) In addition to eliminating or suppressing the etiologic agent (e....

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