Prospective validation of Baveno V definitions and criteria for failure to control bleeding in portal hypertension

Sun Young Ahn, Soo Young Park, Won Young Tak, Yu Rim Lee, Eun Jeong Kang, Jung Gil Park, Won Kee Lee, Kwan Lee, Young Oh Kweon – 13 September 2014 – New definitions and criteria were released at the Baveno V consensus meeting. The purposes of this study were to verify Baveno V definitions and criteria for failure to control bleeding and to determine the usefulness of the combined use of the Adjusted Blood Requirement Index [ABRI: (number of blood units)/(final hematocrit‐initial hematocrit)+0.01] with Baveno V criteria.

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