Abstract

HIDALGO MARRERO, Yanet; TRINCHET SOLER, Rafael Manuel; MANZANO SUAREZ, Jianeya  and  TRINCHET VARELA, Carlos. Pre-hepatic portal high blood pressure in children. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2010, vol.82, n.4, pp. 76-88. ISSN 1561-3119.

A theoretical analysis of the state of the art concerning etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of pre-hepatic portal high blood pressure considering the existence of risk population to establish the basis of a new conception on the disease in Cuban children. Thus, the historical, logical and systemic methods are applied analyzing in a critical way the reviewed elements. The theoretical analysis reveals the existence of a risk patients category, the deleterious and systemic character of this entity and the need to use multimode treatments. It is offered a new classification based on which will be possible to individualize the diagnosis and the treatment and to create a different confrontation strategy.

Keywords : Pre-hepatic portal high blood pressure; umbilical catheterization.

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