Efficacy of octreotide in the control of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1714-1720

  Kullavanijaya, Pinit ^a   Thong Ngam, Duangporn ^b   Kladchareon, Nusont ^a   Manotaya, Suratvadee ^a   Mahachai, Varocha ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal Bleeding; Octreotide

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0035564724     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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