This study was performed to examine the relationships between portal pressure measurements
and the presence of esophagogastric varices, the size of varices and the occurrence of …

In a double-blind randomized trial, the hemodynamic events following the administration of
propranolol (n = 51) or a placebo (n = 51) were prospectively studied in cirrhotic patients with …

In June 1996, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases sponsored a single
topic workshop combining a two-day symposium on liver microcirculation in health and …

In a double-blind, randomized study the efficacy of lactulose was compared with neomycin-sorbitol
in 45 episodes of acute nitrogenous portal-systemic encephalopathy (PSE) induced …

… Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, West Haven, Conn., and the
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven Conn …

Excerpt Five instances of spontaneous peritonitis and bacteremia caused by enteric organisms
have been observed in decompensated cirrhotic patients at this hospital during the past …

IT is "known" that adrenocorticosteroid therapy is frequently complicated by the appearance
or reactivation of peptic ulcers, 1 and that these ulcers are often associated with bleeding …

A randomized study was conducted in 37 hospitalized patients at six cooperating hospitals
in which protein‐intolerant cirrhotic patients were fed increasing amounts of either dietary …

The accuracy and reliability of a balloon catheter for measuring wedged hepatic venous
pressure (WHVP) were evaluated in 82 simultaneous determinations using the balloon catheter …

The present study was designed to investigate the effect of propranolol on portal pressure of
patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and portal hypertension and to correlate these effects with …