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Bleeding Episodes
Preventing an Initial Bleeding Episode. About half of patients with mild-to-moderate cirrhosis have esophageal varices (abnormal blood vessels in the esophagus). In such patients the risk for bleeding within 2 years is as high as 35%. Bleeding is fatal in half of these patients. In general, experts now recommend preventive drugs for such patients, even if they have not been screened with endoscopy -- the procedure needed to actually detect varices. Beta-blockers are the only med...
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Epilepsy: Introduction
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