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Management of oesophageal varices
L Dagher1, D Patch, A Burroughs
1Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, London.
Hospital Medicine (London, England : 1998)
|December 5, 2000
Abstract:
Beta-blockers are the treatment of choice to prevent the first episode of variceal bleeding and further rebleeding episodes. In acute bleeding all patients should receive pharmacological treatment with vasoconstrictors and endoscopic treatment. Failure of therapy should lead to consideration of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting.