Octreotide in variceal bleeding.
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Octreotide in variceal bleeding.
Bleeding from oesophageal varices has a high death rate. Injection sclerotherapy is the most appropriate treatment but facilities for this are not always available. Balloon tamponade and vasoactive therapy may be used as stop gap measures. Somatostatin and octreotide are therapeutic candidates for the treatment of variceal bleeding and there are several trials that have compared somatostatin an...
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BACKGROUND Acute variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients is an emergency with a high risk of rebleeding and death. Endoscopic procedures such as sclerotherapy or banding, combined or not with drugs such as octreotide could be considered. AIM To assess the value of octreotide in the control of acute variceal bleeding. PATIENTS AND METHODS Ninety-two patients were randomized into three groups...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.35.3_suppl.s23