Primary prophylaxis of gastroesophageal variceal bleeding: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver

Autor: Mohammad Salih, Wasim Jafri, Peush Sahni, Peter W Angus, Masao Omata, Sanjay S. Baijal, Praveen Sharma, Barjesh Chander Sharma, YK Chawla, Ashok Kumar, Laurentius A Lesmana, Amal Santra, Huma Qureshi, Ujjal Poddar, Hock F. Lui, Ming Chih Hou, S. Hamid, JD Sollano, Radha Krishna Dhiman, Shozo Hirota, Veena Malhotra, Puja Sakhuja, Debendranath Guha Mazumder, Hasnain Ali Shah, H. Janaka de Silva, Rizvi Moattar Raza, Mobin Khan, Amrinder Singh Puri, Hitoshi Maruyama, Shiv Kumar Sarin, Gamal Shiha
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Hepatology International. 2:429-439
ISSN: 1936-0541
1936-0533
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-008-9096-8
Popis: The Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) set up a Working Party on Portal Hypertension in 2002, with a mandate to develop consensus guidelines on various clinical aspects of portal hypertension relevant to disease patterns and clinical practice in the Asia-Pacific region. Variceal bleeding is a consequence of portal hypertension, which, in turn, is the major complication of liver cirrhosis. Primary prophylaxis to prevent the first bleed from varices is one of the most important strategies for reducing the mortality in cirrhotic patients. Experts predominantly from the Asia-Pacific region were requested to identify the different aspects of primary prophylaxis and develop the consensus guidelines. The APASL Working Party on Portal Hypertension evaluated the various therapies that have been used for the prevention of first variceal bleeding. A 2-day meeting was held on January 12 and 13, 2007, at New Delhi, India, to discuss and finalize the consensus statements. Only those statements that were unanimously approved by the experts were accepted. These statements were circulated to all the experts and were subsequently presented at the annual conference of the APASL at Kyoto, Japan, in March 2007.
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