Red signs and not severity of cirrhosis should determine non-selective β-blocker treatment in Child-Pugh C cirrhosis with small varices: increased risk of hepatorenal syndrome and death beyond 6 months of propranolol use

Gut. 2016 Jul;65(7):1228-30. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-311527. Epub 2016 Mar 2.

Authors

Georgios N Kalambokis¹, Gerasimos Baltayiannis², Leonidas Christou¹, Dimitrios Christodoulou²

Affiliations

¹ 1st Division of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

PMID: 26935875
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-311527

No abstract available

Keywords: ASCITES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Ascites
Child
Esophageal and Gastric Varices
Hepatorenal Syndrome*
Humans
Hypertension, Portal
Liver Cirrhosis
Propranolol*
Varicose Veins

Substances

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Propranolol