Childhood portal hypertension in Jamaica
West Indian med. j
; 44(3): 88-90, Sept. 1995.
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-152462
Biblioteca responsável:
JM3.1
ABSTRACT
Portal hypertension and bleeding from oesophageal varices in children remain a difficult medical problem. The clinical course and management of children with portal hypertension seen over a 14-year period was reviewed. There were 5 females and 2 males with a mean age of 3.6 years at presentation. Five patients presented with severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding and two with severe hypersplenism. All patients had extra-hepatic portal hypertension. Five patients were treated with endoscopic sclerotherapy, including one who had bleeding five years post-splenectomy. A mean of 9 sclerotherapy sessions was performed in each patient. Complete obliteration of varices was not achived in any patient and a single rebleeding episode occurred in four. Three children underwent operative management consisting of splenectomy in two and splenectomy and central spleno-renal shunt in one. There was no mortality in either group after a mean follow-up of 4.3 years. Sclerotherapy may not be totally successful in long-term management of childhood portal hypertension. Surgical therapy or a combination of sclerotherapy and surgery may be the best approach:
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Varizes Esofágicas e Gástricas
/
Escleroterapia
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Hipertensão Portal
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Criança
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Criança, pré-escolar
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Feminino
/
Humanos
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Lactente
/
Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Artigo