Double-blind randomized, comparative multicenter study of the effect of terlipressin in the treatment of acute esophageal variceal and/or hypertensive gastropathy bleeding

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 46, 2002, Pages 1161-1166

  Bruha, Radan ^a   Marecek, Z ^a   Spicak, J ^a   Hulek, P ^a   Lata, J ^a   Petrtyl, J ^a   Urbanek, P ^a   Taimr, P ^a   Volfova, M ^a   Dite, P ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bleeding from esophageal varices; Liver cirrhosis; Pharmacotherapy; Portal congestive gastropathy; Portal hypertension; Terlipressin

Indexed keywords

TERLIPRESSIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYPRESSIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; TACHYCARDIA; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYPRESSIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SURVIVAL RATE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; HUMANS; LYSINE VASOPRESSIN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036021410     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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