- ►annals.org [PDF] R Gonzalez, J Zamora, J Gomez-Camarero, LM … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2008 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Combining endoscopic therapy and -blockers may improve outcomes in
patients with cirrhosis and bleeding esopha- geal varices. ... Purpose: To
assess whether a combination of endoscopic and drug therapy prevents ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - All 5 versions
JC Garcia-Pagan, C Villanueva, A Albillos, R … - British Medical Journal, 2009 - gut.bmj.com Results: Median follow-up was 15 months. One-year probability of recurrent
bleeding was similar in both groups (33% vs 26%: p = 0.3). There were no
significant differences in survival or need of rescue shunts. Overall ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 4 versions
[CITATION] Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) plus propranolol (P) and isosorbide mononitrate (ISMN) …
G Garcia-Tsao, J Bosch, RJ Groszmann - Hepatology, 2008 - med.upenn.edu Many randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have advanced the knowledge of the
complications of portal hypertension, specifically in the man- agement of
varices and variceal hemorrhage. The end- points in most of these trials ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 7 versions
[CITATION] Issues in the design, conduct and reporting of clinical trials that impact on the quality of …
D Hind, A Booth - BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2007 - biomedcentral.com The Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses (QUOROM) statement provides guidance
for improving the quality of reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
To make the process of study selection transparent it recommends "a flow ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - Cached - All 8 versions
J Bosch, JG Abraldes, A Berzigotti, JC … - Seminars in Liver Diseases, 2008 - thieme-connect.com Variceal bleeding is one of the most serious complications of portal
hypertension. The driving force for the development of varices is an increase in
portal pressure. As portal hypertension progresses, varices dilate until ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
M Sampson, J McGowan, E Cogo, J Grimshaw, … - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2009 - Elsevier OBJECTIVE: Complex and highly sensitive electronic literature search strategies
are required for systematic reviews; however, no guidelines exist for their peer
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[CITATION] A randomized, controlled trial of banding ligation plus drug therapy vs. drug therapy alone …
