The effect of octreotide, a long-acting synthetic analog of somatostatin, on fasting and postprandial splanchnic hemodynamics was investigated in cirrhotic patients. Splanchnic hemodynamics were assessed using an echo-Doppler duplex system in a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossove
Upright posture blunts postprandial splanchnic hyperemia in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension
โ Scribed by Tadashi Iwao; Kazuhiko Oho; Ryohichi Nakano; Makoto Yamawaki; Teruhiro Sakai; Masahiro Sato; Yasunao Miyamoto; Kenji Sakai; Michio Sata; Atsushi Toyonaga
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 76 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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