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@Y_ECCO_IBD @my_ueg @JCC_IBD @manu_barreiro @TrianaLobaton @GianlucaPellino 🔍 S1: 🚨 Thrombotic events are more than 2x as frequent in patients with IBD than in the general population, with similar prevalence in ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease 🦠. The most important risk factors? Active disease, hospitalization, and surgery 🏥.
Dec 23, 2022 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
🔦Endoscopic Diagnosis & Management of Esophagogastric Variceal Hemorrhage
🗒️ESGEGuidelines2022
16 Keys:
1⃣Pts w compensated advanced CLD & >10mmHg portalHT➡️NSBB (carvedilol) therapy💊
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2⃣ Patients unable to receive NSBB therapy with a screening upper endoscopy 🔦that demonstrates high risk esophageal varices ➡️ endoscopic band ligation (EBL). Repeat after 2-4 weeks until eradication
🕵️♂️Surveillance every 6 months in the first year