Editors:
A comprehensive treatise on diagnosis, assessment and treatment
Features critical analysis of the different steps in the management of acute variceal bleeding
Written by world experts in their areas of expertise
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Pathophysiology, Natural History, Stages, and Diagnosis
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Preventing the First Variceal Hemorrhage
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Treatment of Acute Variceal Hemorrhage
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Prevention of Rebleeding
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About this book
Variceal Hemorrhage provides an update of the evidence concerning several aspects of variceal hemorrhage. The book features new information on natural history, diagnosis of esophageal varices, assessment of the risk of bleeding and identification of high risk groups and patients who may benefit or be harmed from different treatments. The volume also presents a critical analysis of the different steps in the management of acute variceal bleeding.
Authored by the most prominent world experts in their areas of expertise, Variceal Hemorrhage serves as a very useful reference for gastroenterologists, GI surgeons, residents in internal medicine and physicians dealing with and interested in the different aspects of this severe medical emergency.
Editors and Affiliations
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Luigi Sacco University Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Roberto de Franchis
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Ospedale Universitario Luigi Sacco, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, UOC Gastroenterologia, Milano, Italy
Alessandra Dell’Era
About the editors
Roberto de Franchis, MD, AGAF
University of Milan, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Gastroenterology Unit, Milan, Italy.
Alessandra Dell’Era, MD
University of Milan, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Gastroenterology Unit, Milan, Italy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Variceal Hemorrhage
Editors: Roberto de Franchis, Alessandra Dell’Era
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0002-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0001-5Published: 25 January 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5443-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-0002-2Published: 25 January 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 267
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Internal Medicine