title: Emergency portacaval shunts in variceal hemorrage: a critique of critics.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Conn
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004630:Emergencies; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate