La Mura, Vincenzo; Villanueva, Candid; Abraldes, Juan G; Bosch, Jaime (2020). Reply. Hepatology, 72(4), pp. 1494-1495. Wiley 10.1002/hep.31253
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We thank Kumar and colleagues for their interest in our new algorithm for risk-stratification in candidates to secondary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding. In this algorithm, patients that bleed without other manifestations of hepatic decompensation are classified as low-risk without measuring the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG). Using our new algorithm, a large number of invasive and costly HVPG measurements can be saved. More importantly, the number of high-risk patients who did not rebleed during follow-up (the "grey zone") decreased from 43% to 23%, demonstrating great accuracy in selecting high-risk patients.
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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Hepatology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Hepatologie 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Hepatologie |
UniBE Contributor: |
Bosch Genover, Jaime |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1527-3350 |
Publisher: |
Wiley |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Rahel Fuhrer |
Date Deposited: |
18 Dec 2020 15:51 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:33 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1002/hep.31253 |
PubMed ID: |
32246502 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.148189 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/148189 |
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