Octreotide for severe acute bleeding from portal hypertensive colopathy: A case report

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1111-1113

  Yoshie, Koichiro ^a   Fujita, Yuji ^a   Moriya, Akihiko ^a   Kawana, Ichiro ^a   Miyamoto, Kazuyuki ^a   Umemura, Satoshi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colopathy; Keywords; Liver cirrhosis; Octreotide; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OCTREOTIDE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON DISEASE; COLON HEMORRHAGE; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034802524     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200109000-00020     Document Type: Article

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