TY  - SER
TI  - Cuidados de enfermería del paciente con taponamiento esofágico
SN  - 0210-5020
N1  - Este artículo se encuentra disponible en su edición impresa; Bibliografía: p. 88
N2  - Esophageal varices, or more precisely esophago-gastric (VEG) varices, occupy a preferential place among the portocava reflux pathways, for which reason they will almost inevitably appear in the evolutionary course of all portal hypertension syndrome.
VEG rupture is the cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in half of cirrhotic patients; dramatic picture, carries a mortality of 46-60 percent in the first hemorrhagic episode and up to 85 percent in the second episode, if the patient is not treated surgically (1,2)
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