PHILADELPHIA — New research challenges the traditional practice of continuing vasoconstrictor therapy for 5 days after endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) for acute variceal bleeding, finding that a ...

Vasoconstricting and vasodilating medications work in different ways. While vasoconstricting medications tighten your blood vessels to raise blood pressure, vasodilating medications dilate or widen ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risks for rebleeding and mortality were similar regardless of vasoconstrictor therapy duration. Data support ...

Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS), a feared complication of advanced cirrhosis, is characterized by functional renal failure, secondary to renal vasoconstriction in the absence of underlying kidney pathology ...

Indications for nasal cauterization include active or recurrent epistaxis that affects a patient’s quality of life or health. Adjunctive interventions may include direct compression of the nasal alae, ...

Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is a serious complication of advanced cirrhosis with ascites. HRS develops as a result of abnormal haemodynamics, leading to splanchnic and systemic vasodilatation, but ...