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1345480

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-1
pubmed:abstractText
Increased portal pressure is the product of both increased resistance to splanchnic flow through the liver and increased blood flow in the portal circuit. Although portal hypertension in children is less common than in adults, the important clinical end results are the same, ie, esophageal variceal hemorrhage, ascites, and hypersplenism. The etiology of portal hypertension in children is very different from adults in whom cirrhosis (most commonly secondary to alcohol) is the predominant cause. In children, extrahepatic obstruction due to portal vein thrombosis is the most common cause. However, as children survive longer with biliary atresia, cystic fibrosis, and other liver diseases, the incidence of intrahepatic obstruction causing portal hypertension is increasing. The treatment has also undergone a dramatic evolution over the last decade with the near extinction of portosystemic shunt procedures and their replacement with endoscopic treatment of esophageal varices and liver transplantation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1055-8586
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
134-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Portal hypertension.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Denver, CO.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't