Variceal bleeding: consensus meeting report from the Brazilian Society of Hepatology

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt²  Alberto Queiroz Farias¹  Edna Strauss¹  Angelo Alves De Mattos¹ 

[1] ,Hospital PortuguêsSalvador BA

关键词: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage;    Liver cirrhosis;    Esophageal and gastric varices;    Consensus;    Hemorragia gastrointestinal;    Cirrose hepática;    Varizes esofágicas e gástricas;    Consenso;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-28032010000200017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In the last decades, several improvements in the management of variceal bleeding have resulted in a significant decrease in morbidity and mortality of patients with cirrhosis and bleeding varices. Progress in the multidisciplinary approach to these patients has led to a better management of this disease by critical care physicians, hepatologists, gastroenterologists, endoscopists, radiologists and surgeons. In this respect, the Brazilian Society of Hepatology has, recently, sponsored a consensus meeting in order to draw evidence-based recommendations on the management of these difficult-to-treat subjects. An organizing committee comprised of four people was elected by the Governing Board and was responsible to invite 27 researchers from distinct regions of the country to make a systematic review of the subject and to present topics related to variceal bleeding, including prevention, diagnosis, management and treatment, according to evidence-based medicine. After the meeting, all participants met together for discussion of the topics and the elaboration of the aforementioned recommendations. The organizing committee was responsible for writing the final document. The meeting was held at Salvador, May 6th, 2009 and the present manuscript is the summary of the systematic review that was presented during the meeting, organized in topics, followed by the recommendations of the Brazilian Society of Hepatology.

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