Variceal bleeding case study

Of 105 patients who had continuous infusions of terli-pressin for variceal bleeding in a multicenter study, four developed hyponatremia, severe in one case (10). 

A case-control study in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension and varices concluded that patients who use NSAIDs are about three times more likely to have a first variceal bleeding episode than those... 

Aspirin can increase the risk of variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis. In fact, according to a case-control study (147), patients with cirrhosis and esophageal or cardiac varices who take NSAIDs are three times more likely to have a first episode of variceal bleeding compared with similar patients who are not taking NSAIDs. 

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