title: [Results of treatment of esophageal varix bleeding in 70-to-90-year-old patients. A prospective study].
abstract: From 1 October 1981 to 30 June 1986, 265 patients were treated for acute bleeding from esophageal or fundal varices; 61 patients were aged between 70 and 90 years. The emergency situation was treated conservatively (Sengstaken tube; transfusion; intensive laxative measures). In all cases these measures temporarily controlled the bleeding and rapidly stabilized the patient's condition. Treatment of the varices with methods of intravascular high-pressure sclerosing followed ten hours later. There was no significant difference in survival rate between those over and those under 70 years. After 24 months about 50% of patients in both groups were still alive. It is concluded that sclerosing offers to very old patients a genuine chance of survival. Long-time prognosis depends on factors which are not related to the sclerosing method.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D012597:Sclerosing Solutions
vernacular_title: Ergebnisse der Behandlung der Osophagusvarizenblutung 70- bis 90jähriger Patienten. Eine prospektive Untersuchung.