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Dr John O'Donohue

@thebottomdoc

Gastroenterologist. Shining a light on bowel cancer. Inspector of endoscopy units, stomachs & bile ducts too. Some tweets my own.

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Don’t need endoscopy to screen for varices in patients with cirrhosis any more - Dr Willscott Naugler, Portland, ON Digestive Disease Week Concept of ‘Clinically significant Portal Hypertension’ - if > 10 mm Hg elevation is present, start on beta blockers to prevent varices, ascites

Don’t need endoscopy to screen for varices in patients with cirrhosis any more - Dr Willscott Naugler, Portland, ON <a href="/DDWMeeting/">Digestive Disease Week</a> 

Concept of ‘Clinically significant Portal Hypertension’ - if &gt; 10 mm Hg elevation is present, start on beta blockers to prevent varices, ascites