bleeding problem

[salvo]

I fall into this category and wanted to shere this unless you heard about it already.


http://health.msn.com/health-topics/digestive-health/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100260583

[portann]

Small study (63 patients) but important. Thanks for posting.for the benefit of those with cirrhosis. Here's a key point that caught my attention:

"In this situation, TIPS usually controls the bleeding episode, but at that time the patient has suffered a marked deterioration in the liver function, usually has become infected and, despite the control of bleeding, the patients often die of liver insufficiency," Garcia-Pagan added.

However, using TIPS right away in these patients seems to dramatically improve outcomes, according to the report in the June 24 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Susan

[salvo]

here is another if anyone is interested.


http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007210.htm