Portal hypertension

Portal hypertension: Introduction

Portal hypertension: Portal hypertension may be defined as a portal pressure gradient of 12 mm Hg or greater and is often associated with varices and ascites. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Portal hypertension is available below.

Symptoms of Portal hypertension

• Blood in vomit
• See symptoms of esophageal varices
• Blood in stool
• Dark stool
• See symptoms of gastrointestinal bleeding
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 26 symptoms of Portal hypertension

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Portal hypertension:

• High Cholesterol: Home Testing:
  • Home Cholesterol Tests
  • Home Triglycerides Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Test Devices
• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
  • Home Blood Pressure Hypertension Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Home Heart Tests
• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Home Blood Pressure Testing
  • Home Cholesterol Testing
• Diet & Weight Loss: Home Testing:
  • Home Weight Testing
  • Home Body Fat Testing (BMI)
  • Home Body Fat Monitoring
  • Home Fitness Testing
• Liver Health & Hepatitis: Home Testing
  • Home Hepatitis Tests
  • Home Liver Tests
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease Tests
• Diabetes: Related Home Testing:
  • Home Diabetes Testing
  • Home Blood Glucose Test Kits
  • Home Urine Glucose Tests
  • Home Urine Ketone Tests
  • Home Diabetes HbA1c Tests
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Kidney Health Tests
  • Home Eye Health Tests
• more tests...»

Portal hypertension: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Portal hypertension:

• Esophageal varices
• Blood vessel congestion
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Ascites
• Enlarged spleen
• Rupture of esophageal varices
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Portal hypertension

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Portal hypertension?

• Misdiagnosis of Portal hypertension
• Failure to diagnose Portal hypertension
• Hidden causes of Portal hypertension (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Portal hypertension

Portal hypertension: Self Assessment Tools

• Stroke -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Attack -- Self Assessment Tools
• Stress -- Self Assessment Tools
• Smoking -- Self Assessment Tools
• Weight Management -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Disease -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Portal hypertension: Medical Mistakes

• Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Portal hypertension: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Portal hypertension:

• Dieting & Weight management: products & offers »
• Heart health products & offers »
• High cholesterol
• more product offers...»

Portal hypertension: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
  • High Cholesterol -- Undiagnosed
  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Portal hypertension

Metabolic syndrome often undiagnosed: Metabolic syndrome, also known as Syndrome X, is an often overlooked medical condition that causes a cluster...read more »

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too common for people to die from undiagnosed heart attack, or from...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this undiagnosed condition can be fatal. It should be considered...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack, whereas there are various less dangerous...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood...read more »

Over-diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in obese patients: A diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, particularly pulmonary arterial hypertension, is often a misdiagnosis in obese patients. Exertional dyspnea...read more »

Chronic liver disease often undiagnosed: One study reported that 50% of patients with a chronic liver disease remain undiagnosed by their primary physician. The reasons are multifactorial. Possible conditions include ...read more »

Obesity-related conditions undiagnosed in children: A variety of conditions are associated with obesity (see obesity), but these tend to be undiagnosed more often in child patients than in adults. Some of...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children. Some of the symptoms of hypertension that can be...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Portal hypertension

Portal hypertension: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• Liver Health Specialists (Hepatology):
  • Transplant Hepatology (Liver Transplant Specialist)
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

• Rate Your Doctor Online
• Research Your Doctor Online
• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Portal hypertension

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Portal hypertension:

• Heart Health (Cardiac Care) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Portal hypertension, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Portal hypertension: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases -- Rare Types:
  • High Cholesterol -- Rare Types
  • Heart Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Depression -- Rare Types
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Hypertension -- Rare Types
  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Portal hypertension

• Cirrhosis of the liver
• Portal vein thrombosis
• Portal vein compression
• Portal vein abnormality
• Congenital narrowing of the portal vein
• more causes...»

See full list of 20 causes of Portal hypertension

More information about causes of Portal hypertension:

• Underlying causes of Portal hypertension
• Portal hypertension as a complication caused by other conditions
• Portal hypertension as a symptom

Treatments for Portal hypertension

• Treatment is directed at the cause of portal hypertension
• Propanolol
• Octreotide
• Balloon tamponade
• TIPPS surgery
• more treatments...»

Read more about treatments for Portal hypertension

News Archives for Portal hypertension

Medical news articles related to Portal hypertension include:

• Study Finds Molecular Link Between Obesity, Hypertension
• Hypertension Might Hinder Thinking
• Music Hath Charms to Calm Hypertension
• Hypertension Takes Huge Toll in Developing Countries
• Diuretics Best for Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome
• Older Hypertension Patients Less Likely to Get Lifestyle Advice
• Weight Loss Can Control Hypertension
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Portal hypertension

Medical research articles related to Portal hypertension include:

• Liver cirrhosis.
• Hepatitis B immunisation in persons not previously exposed to hepatitis B or with unknown exposure status
• Can you explain the use of the AST to Platelet ratio in the context of assessing liver damage in hepatitis?
• Stent insertion for bleeding oesophageal varices
• Antacids for preventing oesophagogastric variceal bleeding and rebleeding in cirrhotic patients
• What are the main side effects of a male taking anabolic steroids? (especially Dianabol and Sustenol) What can I say to the patient to persuade him to stop?
• more research...»

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Videos for Portal hypertension

Patient Surveys for Portal hypertension

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Reseach about Portal hypertension

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Clinical Trials for Portal hypertension

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Portal hypertension include:

• Phase II Study of Lactulose and Circadian Rhythms in Patients With Cirrhosis - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - lactulose
• Use of Sanvar With Endoscopic Treatment for the Control of Acute Variceal Bleeding - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Sanvar® (vapreotide)
• Short Course Terlipressin for Control of Acute Variceal Bleeding - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - 24 hours Terlipressin
• A Study to Prevent Complications of High Blood Pressure Caused by Hepatitis in Patients With Cirrhosis - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - timolol
• Prevention of Esophageal Varices by Beta-Adrenergic Blockers - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Timolol Maleate
• more trials...»

See full list of 15 Clinical Trials for Portal hypertension

Portal hypertension: Broader Related Topics

• Liver conditions
• Chronic liver disease
• Vein disorders
• more types...»

Types of Portal hypertension

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Definitions of Portal hypertension:

Abnormally increased pressure in the portal venous system, frequently seen in cirrhosis of the liver and other conditions causing obstruction of the portal vein. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Increase in blood pressure in the veins of the portal system caused by obstruction in the liver (often associated with alcoholic cirrhosis), causing enlargement of the spleen and collateral veins - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Portal hypertension is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Portal hypertension, or a subtype of Portal hypertension, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)