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Effectiveness of Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy in the Prevention of Bleeding After Prophylactic Endoscopic Variceal Band Ligation

Background Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) is a surgical intervention that can work well to curb variceal bleeding in people with liver cirrhosis. However, it could make ulcer bleeding worse and be fatal in some cases. The widespread use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) in cirrhotic individuals wi...

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Autores principales: Khawaja, Imran, Babar, Muhammad, Awan, Shakeel Ahmad, Shaikh, Asif J, Abbasi, Adnan A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9937675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36819375
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33932