Meta-analysis: Efficacy of therapeutic regimens in ongoing variceal bleeding

Endoscopy

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 737-746

  Gross, M ^a   Schiemann, U ^a   Muhlhofer A ^b   Zoller, W G ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KATHARINENHOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE; GLYCEROL NITRATE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENDOSCOPY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIGATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0034839612     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-16526     Document Type: Review

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