Portal Hypertension V Proceedings of the Fifth Baveno International Consensus Workshop, Fifth Edition

Portal Hypertension V: Proceedings of the Fifth Baveno International Consensus Workshop, Fifth Edition By
2010 | 239 Pages | ISBN: 1444334492 | PDF | 6 MB
Every five years, hepatologists with an interest in portal hypertension (high blood pressure in the portal vein), gather in Baveno, Italy, for the Baveno International Consensus Workshop on Portal Hypertension, attending workshops and examining the latest in clinical data and research on this condition. This book documents the contents of the meeting so that practitioners who could not be present at the conference still have access to the proceedings.Content: Chapter 1 Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient, Biopsy or Both? (pages 7-17): Guadalupe Garcia?TsaoChapter 2 Elastography in the Non?Invasive Evaluation of the Extent of Fibrosis and in the Diagnosis of Portal Hypertension (pages 18-27): Laurent CasteeraChapter 3 Ultrasound in the Non?Invasive Evaluation of Fibrosis and Portal Hypertension (pages 28-36): Annalisa Berzigotti, Marco Zoli, Concepcion Bru Saumell and Rosa Gilabert SoleChapter 4 Non?Invasive and Minimally Invasive Diagnosis of Varices (pages 37-45): Roberto de FranchisChapter 5 Clinical Epidemiological and Statistical Challenges in Defining, Recording and Analysing Endpoints (pages 46-55): Thorkild Ia Sorensen and Per Kragh AndersenChapter 6 Pre?primary and Primary Prophylaxis: What Has Been Done? (pages 57-65): Carlo Merkel, Manuela Merli and Alessandra Dell’EraChapter 7 Pre?Primary and Primary Prophylaxis: What Should We Do Next? (pages 66-74): Roberto J Groszmann, Cristina Ripoll and Julio VorobioffChapter 8 Failure to Control Bleeding and Failure to Control Rebleeding (pages 75-90): Andrew K Burroughs, Dominique Thabut, Gennaro D’Amico, Flemming Bendtsen, Christophe Bureau, Paul Cales and Angels EscorsellChapter 9 Should Prognostic Variables be Used to Direct Patient Management in the Acute Setting? (pages 91-99): Mario D’Amico and Juan Carlos Garcia?PaganChapter 10 Treatment of Acute Bleeding (pages 101-118): Loren Laine, Shahab Abid, Agustin Albillos, Patrick S Kamath, Jean?Pierre Vinel and Juan Carlos Garcia?PaganChapter 11 Preventing Rebleeding in 2010 (pages 119-131): Norman Grace, Gin?Ho Lo, Frederik Nevens, Tilman Sauerbruch, Peter Hayes, Candid Villanueva and Didier LebrecChapter 12 Stages Classification of Cirrhosis: Where Do We Stand? (pages 132-139): Gennaro D’AmicoChapter 13 Budd?Chiari Syndrome – Hepatic Venous Outflow Tract Obstruction (pages 141-150): Dominique?Charles VallaChapter 14 Extrahepatic Portal Vein Obstruction (EHPVO) (pages 151-164): Shiv Kumar Sarin, Ashish Kumar and Yogesh Kumar ChawlaChapter 15 The Coagulopathy of Chronic Liver Disease. Is the Long and Widely Held Belief Being Dispelled? (pages 165-170): Armando TripodiChapter 16 Anticoagulation Therapy in Cirrhosis with Portal Vein Thrombosis (pages 171-179): Marco SenzoloChapter 17 Variceal Bleeding, Infections and the Hepatorenal Syndrome (pages 180-188): Richard MoreauChapter 18 Portal Hypertension in Children: Current Practice and the Need for Evidence (pages 189-196): Simon C Ling and Benjamin L ShneiderChapter 20 A Look into the Future: New Treatments on the Horizon – Antiviral Therapy (pages 205-210): Diego Rincon, Cristina Ripoll, Maria?Vega Catalina and Rafael BanaresChapter 21 Antifibrotic Drugs (pages 211-217): Massimo PinzaniChapter 22 New Drugs in the Treatment of Portal Hypertension (pages 218-226): Maria Gabriela Delgado, Susana Seijo and Jaime BoschChapter 19 Statins in Portal Hypertension (pages 197-204): Juan G Abraldes, Vincenzo La Mura and Jaime Bosch