Vasopressin infusion and esophageal tamponade are still widely used to arrest variceal bleeding, but no objective evidence exists on the superiority of either of the two procedures. In this study, 108 cirrhotic patients bleeding from varices were included in a prospective, randomized trial to invest
Vasopressin+nitroglycerin infusion Vs balloon tamponade in the treatment of acute bleeding from gastro-oesophageal varices. A randomized controlled trial
β Scribed by Zhou, Zhuxian; Ma, Xinpeng; Jin, Erlei; Tang, Jianbin; Sui, Meihua; Shen, Youqing; Van Kirk, Edward A.; Murdoch, William J.; Radosz, Maciej
- Book ID
- 122514804
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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