Prasun Jalal

BACKGROUND: Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) with rapidly deteriorating kidney function can be effectively reversed when treated with terlipressin, the US FDA-approved vasopressin analogue…

Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is a major cause of death in cirrhotic patients. We developed and internally validated a pragmatic model to predict the individualized risk of 30-day readmission with recurrent AVB in liver cirrhosis patients…

BACKGROUND: Gastric variceal bleeding occurs in 10-36% and is a life-threatening condition with a high mortality rate up to 20%. The role of primary prophylaxis of gastric variceal bleeding has not been established…