Open AccessUpdated strategies in the management of acute variceal haemorrhage
Author(s) -
Jerome Edelson,
Jessica Basso,
Don C. Rockey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current opinion in gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.165
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1531-7056
pISSN - 0267-1379
DOI - 10.1097/mog.0000000000000723
Subject(s) - medicine , balloon tamponade , randomized controlled trial , thromboelastography , transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt , portal venous pressure , spontaneous bacterial peritonitis , coagulopathy , portal hypertension , tamponade , portal vein thrombosis , surgery , gastroenterology , cirrhosis , coagulation
This article reviews the most recent studies regarding the management of acute esophageal variceal haemorrhage.