2012
High Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections Among Patients With Cirrhosis at a US Liver Center
Tandon P, DeLisle A, Topal JE, Garcia–Tsao G. High Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections Among Patients With Cirrhosis at a US Liver Center. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2012, 10: 1291-1298. PMID: 22902776, PMCID: PMC3891826, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.08.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic antibioticsBacterial infectionsAntibiotic-resistant bacterial infectionsOdds ratioTertiary care transplant centerCulture-positive infectionsSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisUrinary tract infectionMultivariate logistic regressionPercent of infectionsFirst bacterial infectionInfectious episodesLiver centersLiver unitTract infectionsBacterial peritonitisTransplant centersRisk factorsHigh prevalenceNosocomial infectionsPatientsUS hospitalsCirrhosisAbstractTextInfection
1997
The portal pressure response to beta-blockade is greater in cirrhotic patients without varices than in those with varices
Escorsell A, Ferayorni L, Bosch J, Garcia-Pagan J, Garcia-Tsao G, Grace N, Rodes J, Groszmann R. The portal pressure response to beta-blockade is greater in cirrhotic patients without varices than in those with varices. Gastroenterology 1997, 112: 2012-2016. PMID: 9178694, DOI: 10.1053/gast.1997.v112.pm9178694.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatic venous pressure gradientPortal pressure responseVenous pressure gradientCirrhotic patientsPortal pressurePortal hypertensionDevelopment of varicesSingle oral dosePressure responseSystemic hemodynamicsEsophageal varicesOral doseVaricesPatientsAbstractTextBeneficial effectsHypertensionTimololHgEarly stagesPressure gradientCirrhosisAIMSHemodynamicsDose