Sa1441 EVALUATING THE RISK OF ADVERSE EVENTS WITH INTERVENTIONAL ERCP AND EUS PROCEDURES IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS

Timothy Yoo,Raisa Epistola,Jordan Epistola,Lawrence Ku,M.W Fleischman,Sofiya Reicher,Viktor E Eysselein,Linda A Hou

doi:10.1016/j.gie.2019.03.236

Sa1441 EVALUATING THE RISK OF ADVERSE EVENTS WITH INTERVENTIONAL ERCP AND EUS PROCEDURES IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS

Timothy Yoo, Raisa Epistola + Show 6 more

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2019.03.236

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Journal: Gastrointestinal endoscopy

Publication Date: Jun 1, 2019

Affiliation: Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, University of Maryland, College Park, UCLA Medical Center

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Interventional ERCP and EUS procedures are associated with known risks. These procedural risks may be greater in patients with hepatic cirrhosis due to decreased hepatic synthetic function. We sought to examine whether the severity of cirrhosis was associated with greater incidence of adverse events after EUS/ERCP.

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