Official journal of the American College of Gastroenterology | ACG.
A very relevant work from AIIMS exploring role of statins in cirrhosis. Great work @Sanchit30497977 @Sam_ogre https://t.co/Dn75e4KEhn
🔥RCT: Antibiotic prophylaxis in CTP-A #cirrhosis with 🩸
✅Similar 6-week ☠️
✅Numerical higher risk of 🩸 &🦠 (esp SBP)
Most 🦠 occur < 5 days of 🩸
#livertwitter#GITwitter#liverX
Opportunity to reduce 💊 prophylaxis in low-risk non-ascites pts?
Systemic inflammation gut barrier dysfunction and endotoxemia in patients with variceal 🩸 . How does it happen and how is it different compared to patients without AD and its impact on outcomes. #livertwitter@Sam_ogre@JCEH_Hepatology@BavenoCoop
https://t.co/HRugQoaW6l
Every year, millions rely on a procedure that’s simple, non-invasive, and life-saving: Endoscopy. It's used to diagnose everything from stomach issues to cancer. But did you know its roots trace back to an ancient Indian circus art? Thread.
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40yr male with acute pancreatitis and portal/ splenic vein thrombosis in 3rd month of illness presents with a large pseudocyst. Eus CG with plastic stents is planned but as soon as needle and wire are introduced you see this just beyond the wire. What would you do next?
@ashishchauhan__@drashu123@randeeprana90@Samanta_JayPGI So we went ahead and completed the procedure. Lot of blood on endoscopic view but could get two plastic stents in. Repeated a ct angio that showed large clot within the collection and in the stomach but no pseudoaneurysm again! No further 🩸 for 2 days now.
Should we start simvastatin on everyone with variceal bleeding along w carvedilol? Maybe! Open label but encouraging data from @aiims_newdelhi@EASLnews#EASLCongress
Non bleeding deaths prevented primarily