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Variceal bleeding: consensus meeting report from the Brazilian Society of Hepatology.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20721469     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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.
Authors:
Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt; Alberto Queiroz Farias; Edna Strauss; Angelo Alves de Mattos;
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Consensus Development Conference; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Arquivos de gastroenterologia     Volume:  47     ISSN:  1678-4219     ISO Abbreviation:  Arq Gastroenterol     Publication Date:    2010 Apr-Jun
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-19     Completed Date:  2010-12-30     Revised Date:  2012-01-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  15310600R     Medline TA:  Arq Gastroenterol     Country:  Brazil    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  202-16     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Hospital Português, Salvador, BA. plbbr@uol.com.br
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acute Disease
Brazil
Esophageal and Gastric Varices* / complications,  diagnosis,  therapy
Evidence-Based Medicine*
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage* / diagnosis,  etiology,  therapy
Humans
Societies, Medical
Investigator
Investigator/Affiliation:
Adriana Vaz Safatle Ribeiro / ; Ajácio Bandeira de Mello Brandão / ; André Lyra / ; Andréa Ribeiro Cavalcanti / ; Arnaldo Dominici / ; Carlos Terra / ; Cláudio Augusto Marroni / ; Cristiane Valle Tovo / ; Débora Crespo / ; Edison Roberto Parise / ; Fábio Marinho / ; Flair José Carrilho / ; Francisco José Dutra Souto / ; Helma Cotrim / ; Henrique Sérgio Coelho / ; Igelmar Paes / ; João Galizzi / ; Jorge Segadas Soares / ; Luciana Silva / ; Luiz Guilherme Lyra / ; Marcelo Abrahão Costa / ; Paulo Herman / ; Ramiro Mascarenhas / ; Raymundo Paraná /

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