Epinephrine plus polidocanol versus epinephrine alone for endoscopic treatment of peptic ulcer haemorrhage: A prospective, randomized trial

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 1033-1038

  Wehrmann, Till ^a   Fremdling, Dietmar ^a   Lembcke, Bernhard ^a   Jung, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopic injection; Epinephrine; Peptic ulcer; Polidocanol; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; OMEPRAZOLE; POLIDOCANOL; RANITIDINE; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; ULCER PERFORATION;

EID: 0027967823     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199411000-00011     Document Type: Article

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