Management and Treatment of Patients With Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension: Recommendations From the Department of Veterans Affairs Hepatitis C Resource Center Program and the National Hepatitis C Program
Garcia-Tsao G, Lim J. Management and Treatment of Patients With Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension: Recommendations From the Department of Veterans Affairs Hepatitis C Resource Center Program and the National Hepatitis C Program. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2009, 104: 1802. PMID: 19455106, DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCause of DeathDiagnostic ImagingDisease ProgressionEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleGastrointestinal HemorrhageHepatitis C, ChronicHepatorenal SyndromeHumansHypertension, PortalImmunohistochemistryLiver CirrhosisLiver FailureLiver Function TestsMaleRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival AnalysisUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsVariceal hemorrhageSevere complicationsHepatocellular carcinomaAcute variceal hemorrhageComplications of cirrhosisPresence of ascitesChronic liver diseaseSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisTreatment of ascitesRandomized clinical trialsTreatment of patientsStratification of patientsDifferent risk groupsQuality of lifeDecompensated patientsHepatorenal syndromeHepatitis CPortal hypertensionCirrhotic patientsProspective trialBacterial peritonitisHemodynamic alterationsLiver diseaseTreatment adherenceAscites formation