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Current recommendations for diagnosis and management of portal hypertensionThis book presents the proceedings from the 'Baveno IV International Consensus Workshop: Methodology of diagnosis and treatment in portal hypertension' which was held on April 28-29, 2005 in Baveno, Italy.These meetings are important to raise awareness of difficulties and defining some key events related to portal hypertension and variceal bleeding. They also help to produce guidelines aimed at improving trials conducted in this field.Since the Baveno III meeting, new diagnostic tools, new drugs and new treatment strategies for portal hypertension have been developed. Therefore this book updates recommendations for diagnosis and management. It includes evidence from the workshop on pathophysiology, natural history, methods of evaluation and established treatments of portal hypertension.In addition, this books looks at important emerging topics such as the role of coagulation disturbances, portopulmonary hypertension and the hepatopulmonary syndrome, hepato-renal syndrome, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and infections.This gives clinicians and investigators current evidence and helps to inform treatment decisions.
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Portal Hypertension IV Proceedings of the Fourth Baveno International Consensus Workshop EDITED B Y R OB E R TO DE F R A N C H I S MD Professor of Gastroenterology Department of Internal Medicine, University of Milan, and Head, Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Service, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy Portal Hypertension IV Portal Hypertension IV Proceedings of the Fourth Baveno International Consensus Workshop EDITED B Y R OB E R TO DE F R A N C H I S MD Professor of Gastroenterology Department of Internal Medicine, University of Milan, and Head, Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Service, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy ©2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 350 Main Street, Malden, Massachusetts 02148-5020, USA Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd, 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The right of the Authors to be identified as the Authors of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. First published 2006 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Baveno International Consensus Workshop (4th : 2005) Portal hypertension IV : proceedings from the Fourth Baveno International Consensus Workshop / edited by Roberto de Franchis. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-3940-3 (hardback : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-4051-3940-4 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Portal hypertension–Congresses. I. De Franchis, Roberto. II. Title. III. Title: Portal hypertension 4. IV. Title: Portal hypertension four. [DNLM: 1. Hypertension, Portal–Congresses. 2. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage–complications–Congresses. 3. Liver Diseases–complications–Congresses. WI 720 B353p 2006] RC848.P6B38 2006 616.3’62–dc22 2005023981 ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-3940-3 ISBN-10: 1-4051-3940-4 A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library Set in 10/13 Sabon by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd, Chennai, India Printed and bound in Haryana, India by Replika Press Pvt Ltd Commissioning Editor: Alison Brown Editorial Assistant: Saskia van der Linden Development Editor: Fiona Pattison Production Controller: Kate Charman For further information on B