Introduction: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a valuable alternative to surgery in patients with acute or recurrent variceal bleeding. Variceal bleeding is a serious, lifethreatening condition rendering the particular treatment essential for the survival of the patient. Aim: To show how important the role of the nurse is during the placement of the TIPS based on recent i...

Copyright: © 2013 Orloff MJ. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abbreviations: LT: Liver Transplantation; BEV: Bleeding Esophageal Varices; TIPS: Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt; EPC...

OBJECTIVE To review the management of acute gastrointestinal bleeding in the critically ill patient in a two part presentation. DATA SOURCES Articles and a review of studies reported from 1991 to 2001 and identified through a MEDLINE search of the English language literature on acute gastrointestinal bleeding. SUMMARY OF REVIEW Oesophageal varices are a common source of upper gastrointestin...

The concept generation (CG) step in the design process presents tremendous and unique opportunities for enhancing creativity in students. Other researchers have developed a variety of techniques specifically to aid in the CG or ideation process. Based on their work, as well as original work we have done in this area, we have developed a suite of CG techniques for use by students in design class...

Introduction Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a non selective portosystemic derivation created by endovascular techniques. A transhepatic comunication between one of the hepatic veins and a branch of portal vein is created using a needle system. Intrahepatic trajectory remains open by placing a metallic stent. TIPS is an effective method to relieve the portal system press...

he introduction of Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) in the United States in 1997 offered multiple potential benefits. First, the development was intended to offer investors a security that would enable them to hedge inflation. Second, by taking on the risk of inflation, the U.S. Treasury Department would not have to pay an inflation risk premium on its securities, thereby lowering...

This paper presents some research results on the efficiency of a teaching technique (TIPS) I have used in the Principles of Economics course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My presentation will be extremely selective; only the results of five out of some ten different output measures are reported. I shall argue that TIPS represents an improvement over the commonly employed lecture-discu...

We report on progress in the fabrication of cantilever arrays with tips. The process features only one lithographic step for the definition of both the tips and cantilevers. The tips have a uniform height distribution and are placed by selfalignment on the cantilever. The arrays are fabricated for an optical readout technique under development in which the cantilever arrays serve as diffraction...

Presence of ascites increases the risk of minor complications hernia, diminished mobility, dyspnoea and major ones such as renal failure, hepatorenal syndrome, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hepatic hydrothorax or variceal bleeding. Furthermore, treatment of ascites can also cause complicationselectrolyte imbalance, encephalopathy, gynaecomastia (diuretic therapy), decreasing complement and...