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Effect of early oral feeding after endoscopic intervention in acute variceal bleeding in patients with chronic liver disease: An open-label randomized controlled trial

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: K746- Other and unspecified cirrhosis ofliver
Registration Number
CTRI/2021/06/033941
Lead Sponsor
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Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. cirrhosis decompensated with ascites who presents with acute variceal bleeding and had undergone endotherapy for esophageal/ gastric varices

Exclusion Criteria

1)Cirrhosis without ascites

2)ACLF at presentation

3)Cirrhosis with HCC

4)Pregnancy and lactation

5)Refusal to give consent.

6)Infections like spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, pneumonia, cellulitis at presentation

7)Age less than 14 or more than 65 years

8)Patients with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension

9)Patients undergoing rescue therapy like Ella-Dennis stent placement or rTIPS

10) Acute kidney injury (serum creatinine >1.5mg/dl) at presentation

11)Acute variceal bleeding with shock persisting for more than 1 hour (MAP <60 mm Hg) afterendotherapy

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
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