Risk factors for Variceal Bleeding
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Variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients: risk factors, evolution, treatment
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to monitor the risk factors that trigger variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients, assess the severity of the bleeding and the efficacy of the endoscopic hemostasis techniques, as well as the recurrence of bleeding episodes and the mortality rate. MATERIALS AND METHODS The current study was a prospective one, and it was conducted in the period November 2004...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dalhousie Medical Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1488-9994
DOI: 10.15273/dmj.vol27no1.4336