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| Candid VillanuevaSummaryAffiliation: Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Country: Spain Publications
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Variceal bleeding : pharmacological treatment and prophylactic strategiesCandid Villanueva
Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Drugs 68:2303-24. 2008..Compared with beta-blockers, EVL reduces the risk of first bleeding without any differences in mortality and should be offered to patients with large varices who have contraindications or an intolerance to beta-blockers...
A randomized controlled trial comparing ligation and sclerotherapy as emergency endoscopic treatment added to somatostatin in acute variceal bleedingCandid Villanueva
Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
J Hepatol 45:560-7. 2006..However, which emergency endoscopic treatment combines better with drugs has not been clarified. This study compares the efficacy and safety of variceal ligation and sclerotherapy as emergency endoscopic treatment added to somatostatin...- Current endoscopic therapy of variceal bleedingCandid Villanueva
Servei de Patologia Digestiva, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Avgda Sant Antoni M Claret, 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 22:261-78. 2008..As compared to beta-blockers, endoscopic ligation reduces the risk of first bleeding without affecting mortality, and should be used in patients with contraindications or intolerance to beta-blockers... - Acute hemodynamic response to beta-blockers and prediction of long-term outcome in primary prophylaxis of variceal bleedingCandid Villanueva
Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
Gastroenterology 137:119-28. 2009..We investigated the long-term prognostic value of an acute response to beta-blockers and whether the target reduction in HVPG can be improved in primary prophylaxis... - Clinical trial: a randomized controlled study on prevention of variceal rebleeding comparing nadolol + ligation vs. hepatic venous pressure gradient-guided pharmacological therapyC Villanueva
Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 29:397-408. 2009..Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) monitoring of therapy to prevent variceal rebleeding provides strong prognostic information. Treatment of nonresponders to beta-blockers +/- nitrates has not been clarified... - Pharmacologic treatment of portal hypertension in the prevention of community-acquired spontaneous bacterial peritonitisBegoña González-Suárez
Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 18:49-55. 2006.... - Hemodynamic effects of terlipressin and high somatostatin dose during acute variceal bleeding in nonresponders to the usual somatostatin doseCandid Villanueva
Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Am J Gastroenterol 100:624-30. 2005..Our aim was to assess the hemodynamic effects of terlipressin and high somatostatin dose during acute variceal bleeding in nonresponders to the usual somatostatin dose... - Development of ascites in compensated cirrhosis with severe portal hypertension treated with β-blockersVirginia Hernandez-Gea
Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Servei de Patologia Digestiva, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Am J Gastroenterol 107:418-27. 2012..Our aim was to assess the relationship between changes in HVPG induced by β-blockers and development of ascites in compensated cirrhosis with severe PHT... - Maintenance of hemodynamic response to treatment for portal hypertension and influence on complications of cirrhosisCandid Villanueva
Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Avgda Sant Antoni M Claret, 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
J Hepatol 40:757-65. 2004..The aim of this study was to assess the long-term maintenance of hemodynamic response and its influence on complications of cirrhosis... - Transfusion strategies for acute upper gastrointestinal bleedingCandid Villanueva
Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
N Engl J Med 368:11-21. 2013..The hemoglobin threshold for transfusion of red cells in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding is controversial. We compared the efficacy and safety of a restrictive transfusion strategy with those of a liberal transfusion strategy... - Cognitive dysfunction in cirrhosis is associated with falls: a prospective studyGerman Soriano
Department of Gastroenterology, Institut d Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Hepatology 55:1922-30. 2012..001). CONCLUSION: An abnormal PHES identifies patients with cirrhosis who are at risk for falls. This psychometric test may be useful to promote awareness of falls and identify patients who may benefit from preventive strategies... - Prognostic markers in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension who have not bledMaria Poca
Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain
Dis Markers 31:147-54. 2011..However, whether it can adequately determine clinically significant portal hypertension, and risk of developing varices and decompensation, should be established. Magnetic Resonance Elastography is also promising... - Gastrointestinal and variceal bleeding: hemodynamic studiesJoaquim Balanzo
Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 8025 Barcelona, Spain
Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 18:17-22. 2004