2001
CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF ASCITES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS
Wongcharatrawee S, Garcia-Tsao G. CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF ASCITES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. Clinics In Liver Disease 2001, 5: 833-850. PMID: 11565143, DOI: 10.1016/s1089-3261(05)70194-x.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAscitesBacterial InfectionsDiet, Sodium-RestrictedDiureticsHepatorenal SyndromeHumansParacentesisPeritonitisPortasystemic Shunt, SurgicalConceptsEffective arterial blood volumeElimination of ascitesTherapy of ascitesPoor prognostic signYear mortality rateDevelopment of ascitesArterial blood volumeQuality of lifeSinusoidal hypertensionLiver transplantationCirrhotic patientsSurvival benefitLethal complicationPathophysiologic abnormalitiesPrognostic signSodium retentionCurrent therapiesAscites formationClinical managementAscitesBlood volumeMortality rateComplicationsTherapyHypertension
1995
Cirrhotic ascites: pathogenesis and management.
Garcia-Tsao G. Cirrhotic ascites: pathogenesis and management. The Gastroenterologist 1995, 3: 41-54. PMID: 7743121.BooksMeSH KeywordsAscitesDiet, Sodium-RestrictedDiureticsDrainageHumansLiver CirrhosisPeritoneovenous ShuntPortasystemic Shunt, SurgicalPuncturesVasoconstrictor AgentsVasodilator AgentsConceptsPathogenesis of ascitesComplications of cirrhosisNegative sodium balanceAccumulation of fluidSinusoidal hypertensionLiver transplantationSalt restrictionPortosystemic shuntingPeripheral vasoconstrictorNonsurgical sideIntravascular volumeCurrent therapiesIntraperitoneal fluidSodium balanceTherapeutic priorityTherapeutic measuresPeritoneal spacePeritoneal cavitySystemic circulationAscitesEfflux of fluidPatientsDiureticsPathogenesisFuture studies
1990
Selective portal-systemic shunts for bleeding portal hypertension.
Orozco H, Mercado M, Takahashi T, García-Tsao G, Guevara L, Hernandez-Ortiz J, Tielve M. Selective portal-systemic shunts for bleeding portal hypertension. Revista De Investigación Clínica 1990, 42 Suppl: 165-9. PMID: 19256158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedChildEsophageal and Gastric VaricesFemaleGastrointestinal HemorrhageHumansHypersplenismHypertension, PortalKaplan-Meier EstimateLiver CirrhosisMaleMiddle AgedPatient SelectionPortal VeinPortasystemic Shunt, SurgicalPostoperative ComplicationsRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexThrombosisYoung AdultConceptsSelective shuntPortal hypertensionOperative mortalityChild A groupChild A patientsGlobal operative mortalityPortal-systemic shuntsGood liver functionTreatment of choiceElective fashionSplenocaval shuntWarren shuntPostoperative periodA patientsShunt thrombosisLiver functionHypertensionShuntPatientsA groupThrombosisMortalityYear periodTreatmentYears
1988
Distal splenorenal vs. portal‐systemic shunts after hemorrhage from varices: A randomized controlled trial
Grace N, Conn H, Resnick R, Groszmann R, Atterbury C, Wright S, Gusberg R, Vollman R, Garcia‐Tsao G, Fisher R, O'Hara E, McDermott W, Maselli J, Widrich W, Matloff D, Horst D, Banks N, Alberts J. Distal splenorenal vs. portal‐systemic shunts after hemorrhage from varices: A randomized controlled trial. Hepatology 1988, 8: 1475-1481. PMID: 3056820, DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840080602.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistal splenorenal shunt groupPortal-systemic shuntsDistal splenorenal shuntShunt groupSplenorenal shuntVariceal hemorrhageMajor variceal hemorrhageReasonable operative riskRecurrent variceal hemorrhageGroup of patientsPortal venous flowShunt patientsAngiographic evidenceLate mortalityOperative mortalityCirrhotic patientsLiver groupOperative riskRenal veinInferior venaAngiographic demonstrationVenous flowPatientsTotal mortalityShunt