Should Children with Esophageal Varices Receive Beta-Blockers for the Primary Prevention of Variceal Hemorrhage?
Esophageal variceal hemorrhage occurs in up to 10% of children with portal hypertension annually, and may be fatal. In contrast to the strong evidence in adults that nonselective beta-adrenergic antagonism reduces the risk of variceal bleeding by approximately 50%, few pediatric data are available....
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Wiley
2005-01-01
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| Col·lecció: | Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| Accés en línia: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2005/935161 |
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