Portal hypertension can occur due to an increased resistance to flow at three levels (a) before the portal veins drains into the liver (b) within the liver due to changes in the liver tissue (Cirrhosis) and (c) due to a block on the veins that drains blood from the liver to the heart(Budd Chari’s syndrome) […]
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Management of Complications of Portal Hypertension
In this annual update, Dr. John Roberts, Chief of the UCSF Transplant Service gives an overview of 20 years of progress in liver transplantation at UCSF. In the second segment, Dr. Nathan Bass takes a look at the current treatments for management of complications of portal hypertension. Series: UCSF Transplant Update [1/2010] [Health and Medicine] […]
Portal Hypertension
Signs and symptoms * Jaundice * History of blood transfusion * Intravenous drug abuse * History of alcohol consumption * Pruritus * Hematemesis * Melena * Lethargy * Increased irritability * Altered sleep patterns * Increased abdominal girth due to ascites * Hematochezia * Abdominal pain * Fever Signs of port systemic collateral formation * […]
Causes and Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension
Primary pulmonary hypertension, or PPH, is a serious medical condition and has received a lot of media attention in recent years due to its association with popular diet drugs. While doctors have discovered that drugs such as Fen-Phen can lead to PPH, there are additional causes of this and other types of pulmonary hypertension. Much […]
Portal Hypertension final chapter 4
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