Hemorragia digestiva alta varicosa: relatório do 1º consenso da Sociedade Brasileira de Hepatologia / Varicel bleeding: consensus meeting report from the brazilian society of hepatology

Nas últimas duas décadas, foi observada redução importante na mortalidade associada ao primeiro sangramento varicoso, que vem sendo atribuída à melhoria na assistência ao paciente cirrótico e à abordagem multidisciplinar do paciente com hemorragia digestiva alta varicosa (HDAV), particularmente por emergencistas, hepatologistas, gastroenterologistas, endoscopistas e intensivistas. Visando estabelecer recomendações para o manejo da HDAV, a Sociedade Brasileira de Hepatologia (SBH) realizou reunião de consenso para elaboração de documento a ser utilizado como orientação de conduta médica. Dentro da sistemática utilizada, foi criada pela SBH uma comissão organizadora composta por quatro membros que escolheram 27 pesquisadores, representando as diversas regiões do país, para serem moderadores ou expositores dos tópicos relacionados à prevenção, diagnóstico e tratamento da HDAV. Todos os tópicos foram abordados de acordo com o grau de evidência científica disponível. As recomendações foram elaboradas em reunião após ampla discussão com os membros da comissão organizadora, expositores, moderadores e participantes da reunião do consenso, ficando a cargo da comissão organizadora a redação do documento final. A reunião do consenso ocorreu em Salvador em 06 de maio de 2009 e esta publicação exibe as principais conclusões do consenso organizadas sob a forma de resumo da literatura médica seguido pelas recomendações da SBH.

In the last decades, several improvements in the management of variceal bleeding have resulted in a significant decrease in morbidity and mortality of cirrhotis with bleeding varices. Progress in the multidisciplinary approach to the patient with variceal blleding has led to a better management of this disease by critical care physicians, hepatologists, gastroenterologists, endoscopists, radiologists and surgeons. In this respect, the Brazilian Society of Hepatology has, recently, sponsored a consensus meeting in order to draw evidence-based recommendations on the management of these difficult-totreat subjects. An organizing committee comprised of four people was elected by the Governing Board and was responsible to invite 27 researchers from distinct regions of the country to make a systematic review of the subject and to present topics related to variceal bleeding, including prevention, diagnosis, management and treatment, accoding to evidence-based medicine. After the meeting, all participants were held together for discussion of the topics and the elaboration of the aforementioned recommendations. The organizing committee was responsible for writing the final document. The meeting was held at Salvador, May 6th, 2009 and the present manucrispt is the summary of the systematic review that was presented during the meeting organized in topics followed by the reccomendations of the Brazilian Society of Hepatology.

Evaluation of reagent strips for ascitic fluid leukocyte determination: is it a possible alternative for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis rapid diagnosis?

In order to evaluate the accuracy of a urine reagent dipstick (Multistix 10SG®) to determine ascitic fluid leukocyte count, we prospectively studied 106 cirrhotic patients from April 2003 to December 2004, in two different centers (Federal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP-EPM and Federal University of Juiz de Fora - HU-UFJF) for the rapid bedside diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. The mean age 54 ± 12 years, there was a predominance of males (eighty-two patients, 77 percent), and alcohol was the most frequent etiology (43 percent). Forty-four percent of patients were classified as Child B and fifty-one as Child C (51 percent). Abdominal paracentesis was performed both in outpatient and inpatient settings and the Multistix 10SG® was tested. Eleven cases of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis were identified by means of polymorphonuclear count. If we considered the positive Multistix 10SG® result of 3 or more, the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value were respectively 71 percent, 99 percent, 91 percent and 98 percent. With a positive reagent strip result taken as grade 2 (traces) or more, sensitivity was 86 percent and specificity was 96 percent with positive and negative predictive values of 60 percent and 99 percent, respectively. Diagnostic accuracy was 95 percent. We concluded that the use of a urine reagent dipstick (Multistix 10SG®) could be considered a quick, easy and cheap method for ascitic fluid cellularity determination in SBP diagnosis.