Emerging strategies in the management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Digestion

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1999, Pages 17-24

  De Franchis, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bleeding gastro esophageal varices; Emergency endoscopy; Pharmacotherapy; Portal hypertension; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; EMERGENCY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HEMOSTASIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIGATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032700217     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051485     Document Type: Article

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