The Non Operative Management of Bleeding Esophageal variclees: Endoscopic, Pharmacological or Both?

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Javed Iqbal Farooqi
Rukhsana Javed Farooqi

Abstract

Life threatening hemorrhage secondary to ruptured esophageal varices is a common complication of portal hypertension. The mortality rate associated with the index bleed is 35%; on the recurrent bleed, it is 50%. Between 10 - 20% per year will experience their first bleeding after varices are diagnosed and rebleeding may be experienced within two years in 70% of patients. While it is most important to control actively bleeding varices, it is also necessary to prevent effectively the index bleed (primary prevention), as well as recurrent variceal bleeding (secondary prevention).

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Farooqi JI, Farooqi RJ. The Non Operative Management of Bleeding Esophageal variclees: Endoscopic, Pharmacological or Both?. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 20 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];14(2). Available from: https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/692
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