Adherence to practice guidelines may reduce bleeding in cirrhosis patients

Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 14:42 in Health & Medicine

Compliance with practice guideline-recommended treatment for cirrhosis is associated with a reduction in first oesophageal variceal haemorrhage (EVH; bleeding), according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. Cirrhosis is a condition in which the liver is permanently scarred or injured...

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