Endoscopic treatment versus endoscopic plus pharmacologic treatment for acute variceal bleeding: A meta-analysis

Hepatology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 609-615

  Bañares, Rafael ^a   Albillos, Agustín ^b   Rincón, Diego ^a   Alonso, Sonia ^a   González, Mónica ^b   Ruiz del Arbol, Luis ^b   Salcedo, Magdalena ^a   Molinero, Luis Miguel ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c Alce Ingenier a   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; VAPREOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DATA BASE; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 0036192233     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2002.31354     Document Type: Article

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