TY - JOUR AU - Farooqi, Rukhsana Javed AU - Farooqi, Javed Iqbal AU - Rehman, Masood ur AU - Ahmad, Hameed AU - Ahmad, Farooq AU - Gul, Sultan PY - 2011/10/07 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Outcome After Injection Sclerotherapy for Esophageal Variceal Bleeding in Patients with Liver cirrhosis and COPD JF - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute JA - J Postgrad Med Inst VL - 19 IS - 1 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/968 SP - AB - <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="446"><colgroup span="1"><col span="1" width="446"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr height="170"><td class="xl65" width="446" height="170">to find out the outcome after variceal bleeding in patients with leiver cirrhosis and COPD. This retrospective study was conducted in Gastroenterology unit HMC, peshawar and Saidu Hospital Swat from June 1998 to December 2002. The study group comprised cirrhotic and COPD patients treated with endoscopic sclerotherapy for esophageal bleeding. We conclude that occurrenece of variceal bleeding is associated with high morbidity and the frequent development of life threatening complications in patients with liver cirrhosis and COPD. Hepatitc encephalopathy, rebleeding. renal failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma are the main risk factors.</td></tr></tbody></table> ER -