The prognostic impact of variceal bleeding was further analyzed in subgroups of patients according to the etiology of cirrhosis or liver function at baseline, because different clinical courses ...

Although upper gastrointestinal endoscopy continues to be the gold standard for detecting varices ... compensated advanced chronic liver disease and Child-Pugh A cirrhosis who have a platelet ...

Liver cirrhosis, a chronic condition which is indicated by scarring of liver tissue, impairs the liver's ability to function ...

Patents covering BioVie’s terlipressin liquid formulation now secured in the United States, India and Chile, and are pending in nine additional ...

Cirrhosis is one of the leading causes of mortality from non-communicable diseases, with complications arising as liver ...

Cirrhosis is one of the leading causes of mortality from non-communicable diseases, with complications arising as liver function deteriorates. HRS and ...

Over time, extensive fibrosis leads to cirrhosis, where the liver becomes permanently scarred ... (accumulation of fluid in the abdomen), variceal bleeding (due to increased pressure in the ...

The Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee (GIDAC) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) met today to discuss ...

This minimally invasive procedure has shown efficacy in treating complications of cirrhosis such as variceal bleeding and ... may be limited by the extent of liver damage in these patients.

When, in 1992, Tom Starzl and his team in Pittsburgh submitted a case report of a baboon-to-human liver transplant to The Lancet, I was a junior editor whose task it was to prepare his paper for ...

Here are five opportunities for growth in GI that Mel Ona, MD, president and founder of Ohana Endoscopy Center in Lapolei, Hawaii, and Shaibal Mazumdar, MD, a gastroenterologist at Aurora Advocate in ...

My hemorrhage was caused by esophageal varices, a serious health ... I was in stage 4 liver failure due to severe cirrhosis. My cirrhosis is not caused by alcohol. I do not drink.