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Gastroenterología
Pontificia Universidad Variceal hemorrhage: pharmacological therapy. Always or in selected
Católica de Chile.
Santiago, Chile. cases only?
Recibido: 1 de abril
de 2013 One of the most relevant complications of portal hypertension in cirrhosis is the development of gastro-
Aceptado: 19 de esophageal varices. They are present in 50% of patients with cirrhosis at the diagnosis. The risk of bleeding
mayo de 2013
depends on the degree of portal hypertension and the severity of liver disease. Variceal hemorrhage is the
Correspondencia a: most common lethal complication of cirrhosis. In the last decades there had been numerous clinical trials
Dra. Blanca Norero involving different treatment options for variceal bleeding (pharmacological, endoscopic and surgery)
Muñoz
Departamento de trying to establish the best treatment strategy. Since the rise in portal pressure is the cause of variceal
Gastroenterología rupture, therapies that can decrease portal pressure have a theoretical rationale for their use. Endoscopic
Pontificia Universidad
Católica de Chile.
treatment, although effective, has no effect on portal pressure. Vasoactive agents (vasopressin and its
Marcoleta 367, analogue terlipressin, somatostatin and its analogue octreotide) cause splanchnic vasoconstriction and
Santiago, Chile. decrease portal pressure. Pharmacological treatments have the advantage that they can be easily adminis-
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tered, and started as soon as the diagnosis of variceal bleeding is suspected. This makes pharmacological
E- mail: blanca. treatment especially attractive for centers that have no chance of emergency endoscopy. At this moment
norero@gmail.com there is sufficient evidence to recommend combined treatment with vasoactive drugs and endoscopy for
the control of variceal hemorrhage.
Key words: Variceal bleeding, vasoactive drugs, portal hypertension.
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DROGAS VASOACTIVAS EN HEMORRAGIA VARICEAL - B. Norero M.
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