Stratifying risk in the prevention of recurrent variceal hemorrhage: Results of an individual patient meta‐analysis
Albillos A, Zamora J, Martínez J, Arroyo D, Ahmad I, De‐la‐Peña J, Garcia‐Pagán J, Lo G, Sarin S, Sharma B, Abraldes JG, Bosch J, Garcia‐Tsao G, Cooperation O. Stratifying risk in the prevention of recurrent variceal hemorrhage: Results of an individual patient meta‐analysis. Hepatology 2017, 66: 1219-1231. PMID: 28543862, PMCID: PMC5605404, DOI: 10.1002/hep.29267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild B/CPrevious variceal bleedingCombination therapyVariceal bleedingCirrhosis severityChild APrognostic stageRecurrent variceal hemorrhageAdvanced liver failureEndoscopic variceal ligationOutcome of therapyVariceal hemorrhageLiver failureVariceal ligationLiver functionPatientsPatient careVaricealTherapyPatient dataMortalityTrialsCirrhosisBleedingProphylaxis