Precision and Translational Medicine

Interpretation of Portal Hypertensive Bleeding in Cirrhosis: Risk Stratification, Diagnosis and Management: 2016 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

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  • Department of Gastroenterology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, China

Received date: 2018-02-26

  Online published: 2018-06-27

Abstract

Hemorrhage resulting from high pressure of portal vein is a common complication of decompensated liver cirrhosis. Because of different courses, anatomic locations of varicose vein and complications, patients with cirrhosis need to be prudent in their choice of methods for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of rebleeding. Portal Hypertensive Bleeding in Cirrhosis: Risk Stratification, Diagnosis and Management: 2016 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, which is based on a great deal of clinical data, may serve as a guideline for clinical practice in China as well. This paper, through close reading of the practice guidance, and through comparative analysis between the American guidance and that in China, hopes to shed some new light for medical practitioners on the handling of various problems connected with liver diseases.

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SONG Weiping, YANG Changqing . Interpretation of Portal Hypertensive Bleeding in Cirrhosis: Risk Stratification, Diagnosis and Management: 2016 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases[J]. Journal of Shanghai University, 2018 , 24(3) : 336 -340 . DOI: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.2002

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