The average period of intubation was seventy-eight hours ... used as a means of differentiating hemorrhage from esophageal varices and sites lower in the gastrointestinal tract.

Yepuri, MD Esophageal varices are swollen, thin-walled veins in the lower esophagus, the tube that carries food from the ...

Background and Aims: Recent progress in the treatment of variceal bleeding might have reduced the impact of variceal bleeding on survival in patients with esophageal varices. We conducted a ...

Background: It is currently recommended that all patients with liver cirrhosis undergo upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE) to identify those who have large esophageal varices (LEVx ...