We undertook a multicenter randomized trial to compare the efficacy of terlipressin combined with transdermal nitroglycerin and that of octreotide in the emergency control of acute variceal hemorrhage in cirrhosis. Over 16 mo, 87 patients with endoscopically proved active bleeding from esophageal or
Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of Terlipressin Versus Sclerotherapy in the Treatment of Acute Variceal Bleeding: The TEST Study
✍ Scribed by Àngels Escorsell; Luis Ruiz Del Arbol; Ramon Planas; Agustı́n Albillos; Rafael Bañares; Paul Calès; Dominique Pateron; Brigitte Bernard; Jean-Pierre Vinel; Jaume Bosch
- Book ID
- 111721136
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 151 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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