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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

Ectopic varices: a potential cause of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with portal hypertension.

Indira Bhavsar, Anthony W Rooney, Brooke Corning, Neeral L Shah

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 49% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Indira BhavsarDepartment of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Anthony W RooneyDepartment of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Brooke CorningDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Neeral L ShahDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
University of Virginia · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A newly diagnosed 53-year-old woman with cirrhosis has repeated gastrointestinal bleeding with resulting symptomatic anaemia. She underwent routine diagnostic endoscopic evaluation without localisation of the aetiology of her bleed. Ultimately, she was found to have ectopic varices in the small bowel as a result of underlying high portal pressures. She underwent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for portal system decompression with resolution in her bleeding.

Indexed as

Esophageal and Gastric VaricesFemaleGastrointestinal HemorrhageHumansHypertension, PortalLiver Cirrhosis, AlcoholicMiddle AgedPortasystemic Shunt, Transjugular IntrahepaticTreatment Outcomeliver diseaseportal hypertensionvarices

Identifiers

PMID29909391
PMCPMC6011545
OpenAlexW2808416967

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