The Effect Health Education With Deep Breathing To Reduce UnpleasantPsychological Response In Patient With Invasive Endoscopy. Acute or chronic disease would encourage a person or family to bring family members to hospital in an effort to seek help for treatment and medical examination. One investigation of medical diagnosis is invasive endoscopy. This action can cause anxiety and fear in patie…
Aim: to investigate the side effects and survival of endoscopic variceal ligation by using Indonesian Endoscopic Ligator versus Endoscopic Variceal Sclerotherapy Methods: we studied the medical records and endoscopy reports of patients who underwent endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) or endoscopic sclerotherapy (EST) from January 2003 until December 2006. EST was done using ethoxysclerol inj…
Ruptured esophageal varices has been recognized as the most frequent cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, particulary in developing countries. It is found approximately in 30% of patients with major upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage and the mortality rates ranges about 15% to 40%. Most patients who have cirrhosis develop varices, but only one third of them experiences variceal bleeding. Th…