Does timing of endoscopy matter for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in pediatric portal hypertension?

Suprabhat Giri; Sridhar Sundaram

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2021.10.008

doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2021.10.008

Does timing of endoscopy matter for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in pediatric portal hypertension?

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Digestive and Liver Disease4.50

Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 144 - 145

Published: Jan 1, 2022

Abstract

Dear Editor, Endoscopic therapy is the first-line definitive therapy for acute variceal bleeding (AVB) in patients with portal hypertension (PHT) [[1]de Franchis R. Baveno VI FacultyExpanding consensus in portal hypertension: report of the Baveno VI Consensus Workshop: stratifying risk and individualizing care for portal hypertension.J Hepatol. 2015; 63: 743-752Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (14) Google Scholar]. However, there...