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gastrointestinal, liver gallbladder and bile ducts
frequency
uncommon (U.S.) More common in those 30 years or older, but can occur in all age groups.

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gastroenterologist
family practitioner
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portal hypertension - increased pressure in portal vein due to liver disease

In medicine, portal hypertension is hypertension (high blood pressure) in the portal vein and its branches. more

some common symptoms
black stools blood in stool painless rectal bleeding yellow color of skin and eyes

some related diagnoses

1 - 7 of 137 diagnoses
	colitis

	peptic ulcer

	drugs and toxins

	Crohn Disease

	inflammatory bowel disease

	gastrointestinal bleeding

	intraabdominal tumors

	more

diagnostic test search results for 'portal hypertension'

1 - 5 of 39 diagnostic tests

	Duplex sonography	portal hypertension and Duplex sonography
	Hepatitis panel	portal hypertension and Hepatitis panel
	Abdominal MRI	MRI of abdominal contents portal hypertension and Abdominal MRI
	Activated partial thromboplastin time	portal hypertension and Activated partial thromboplastin time
	Complete Blood Count	portal hypertension and Complete Blood Count
	Liver Function Tests	elevated liver enzymes portal hypertension and Liver Function Tests
	Prothrombin Time (PT)	portal hypertension and Prothrombin Time (PT)
	Serum Albumin	type of protein in human plasma portal hypertension and Serum Albumin
	Serum Alpha1-antitrypsin	portal hypertension and Serum Alpha1-antitrypsin
	Abdominal CAT Scan	portal hypertension and Abdominal CAT Scan
	24-hour urinary copper	24 hour urinary excretion of copper portal hypertension and 24-hour urinary copper
	Antimitochondrial antibody (AMA)	portal hypertension and Antimitochondrial antibody (AMA)
	Biopsy liver	portal hypertension and Biopsy liver
	Endoscopy	portal hypertension and Endoscopy
	Iron indices	portal hypertension and Iron indices
	Serum Ceruloplasmin	portal hypertension and Serum Ceruloplasmin
	Antinuclear Antibody (ANA)	Antinuclear antibody blood test used to screen for autoimmune disorders portal hypertension and Antinuclear Antibody (ANA)
	Liver scan	portal hypertension and Liver scan
	ABO Blood Groups	portal hypertension and ABO Blood Groups
	Blood, Platelet Count	Platelet Count portal hypertension and Blood, Platelet Count
	Pulse oximetry	Oximetry portal hypertension and Pulse oximetry
	Abdominal ultrasonography	Ultrasound of abdominal contents portal hypertension and Abdominal ultrasonography
	Abdominal ultrasonography Doppler	type of ultrasound to determine blood flow in abdomen portal hypertension and Abdominal ultrasonography Doppler
	Blood Type and Crossmatch	portal hypertension and Blood Type and Crossmatch
	CT scan	portal hypertension and CT scan
	CT spleen	portal hypertension and CT spleen
	Cine phase-contrast MR angiography	portal hypertension and Cine phase-contrast MR angiography
	Hepatic venography	portal hypertension and Hepatic venography
	Intravenous (IV) lactated Ringer (LR) solution	portal hypertension and Intravenous (IV) lactated Ringer (LR) solution
	Serum Antismooth Muscle Antibody (ASMA)	portal hypertension and Serum Antismooth Muscle Antibody (ASMA)
	Serum iron	portal hypertension and Serum iron
	Serum transferrin saturation	portal hypertension and Serum transferrin saturation
	Splenoportography	portal hypertension and Splenoportography
	Transjugular Intrahepatic Portasystemic Shunt	portal hypertension and Transjugular Intrahepatic Portasystemic Shunt
	hepatic vein pressure	portal hypertension and hepatic vein pressure
	portal pressure measurement	portal hypertension and portal pressure measurement
	serum total iron binding capacity (TIBC)	portal hypertension and serum total iron binding capacity (TIBC)
	stop the bleeding	portal hypertension and stop the bleeding
	ultrasound spleen	portal hypertension and ultrasound spleen
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therapeutic procedure search results for 'portal hypertension'
1 - 5 of 19 therapeutic procedures
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	Liver Transplant	Replacing diseased liver by healthy one portal hypertension and Liver Transplant
	Blood Transfusion	Transfusion of blood through a vein portal hypertension and Blood Transfusion
	Endoscopy	portal hypertension and Endoscopy
	Splenectomy	portal hypertension and Splenectomy
	Total portal systemic shunts	portal hypertension and Total portal systemic shunts
	Partial portal systemic shunts	portal hypertension and Partial portal systemic shunts
	Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy	portal hypertension and Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy
	Endoscopic variceal ligation	portal hypertension and Endoscopic variceal ligation
	Balloon-tube tamponade	portal hypertension and Balloon-tube tamponade
	ABO Blood Groups	portal hypertension and ABO Blood Groups
	Blood Type and Crossmatch	portal hypertension and Blood Type and Crossmatch
	Endoscopic band ligation	portal hypertension and Endoscopic band ligation
	Endoscopic surgery	portal hypertension and Endoscopic surgery
	Gastroesophageal devascularization (Sugiura procedure)	portal hypertension and Gastroesophageal devascularization (Sugiura procedure)
	Intravenous (IV) fluids	portal hypertension and Intravenous (IV) fluids
	Intravenous (IV) normal saline (NS)	portal hypertension and Intravenous (IV) normal saline (NS)
	Packed red blood cell Transfusion	portal hypertension and Packed red blood cell Transfusion
	Portacaval shunt	portal hypertension and Portacaval shunt
	Transjugular intrahepatic portocaval shunt (TIPS)	portal hypertension and Transjugular intrahepatic portocaval shunt (TIPS)
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medications search results for 'portal hypertension'
1 - 5 of 13 medications
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	ciprofloxacin	portal hypertension and ciprofloxacin
	propranolol	portal hypertension and propranolol
	nitroglycerin	portal hypertension and nitroglycerin
	Vasopressin	portal hypertension and Vasopressin
	Somatostatin	portal hypertension and Somatostatin
	sucralfate	portal hypertension and sucralfate
	nadolol	portal hypertension and nadolol
	Octreotide	portal hypertension and Octreotide
	norfloxacin	portal hypertension and norfloxacin
	Timolol	portal hypertension and Timolol
	Terlipressin	portal hypertension and Terlipressin
	Cyanoacrylate glue	portal hypertension and Cyanoacrylate glue
	Isosorbide mononitrate (a.k.a Isosorbide mononitrate, ISMN)	portal hypertension and Isosorbide mononitrate
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