Purastat as an Adjunct Treatment Option in Acute Esophageal Varices Bleeding: A Case Report

Esophageal varices are dilated submucosal esophageal veins that connect the portal and systemic circulations. Bleeding esophageal varices is a well-recognized complication of liver cirrhosis.It is known that in active variceal bleeding, treatment needs to be started promptly. Treatments comprise ban...

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Autores principales: Hassan, Imran H, Elphick, David, Al-Rifaie, Ammar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10387821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37529804
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42712
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author Hassan, Imran H
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Al-Rifaie, Ammar
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description Esophageal varices are dilated submucosal esophageal veins that connect the portal and systemic circulations. Bleeding esophageal varices is a well-recognized complication of liver cirrhosis.It is known that in active variceal bleeding, treatment needs to be started promptly. Treatments comprise band ligation, sclerotherapy, removable stent placement, balloon tamponade, and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS).We report a case in which hemodynamic stability can be maintained with the use of Purastat to control bleeding.
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spelling pubmed-103878212023-08-01 Purastat as an Adjunct Treatment Option in Acute Esophageal Varices Bleeding: A Case Report Hassan, Imran H Elphick, David Al-Rifaie, Ammar Cureus Gastroenterology Esophageal varices are dilated submucosal esophageal veins that connect the portal and systemic circulations. Bleeding esophageal varices is a well-recognized complication of liver cirrhosis.It is known that in active variceal bleeding, treatment needs to be started promptly. Treatments comprise band ligation, sclerotherapy, removable stent placement, balloon tamponade, and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS).We report a case in which hemodynamic stability can be maintained with the use of Purastat to control bleeding. Cureus 2023-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10387821/ /pubmed/37529804 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42712 Text en Copyright © 2023, Hassan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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.
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Hassan, Imran H
Elphick, David
Al-Rifaie, Ammar
Purastat as an Adjunct Treatment Option in Acute Esophageal Varices Bleeding: A Case Report
title Purastat as an Adjunct Treatment Option in Acute Esophageal Varices Bleeding: A Case Report
title_full Purastat as an Adjunct Treatment Option in Acute Esophageal Varices Bleeding: A Case Report
title_fullStr Purastat as an Adjunct Treatment Option in Acute Esophageal Varices Bleeding: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Purastat as an Adjunct Treatment Option in Acute Esophageal Varices Bleeding: A Case Report
title_short Purastat as an Adjunct Treatment Option in Acute Esophageal Varices Bleeding: A Case Report
title_sort purastat as an adjunct treatment option in acute esophageal varices bleeding: a case report
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10387821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37529804
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42712
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