Management of digestive bleeding related to portal hypertension in cirrhotic patients: A French multicenter cross-sectional practice survey

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 48, 2006, Pages 7810-7814

  Ingrand, Pierre ^a   Gournay, Jérôme ^b   Bernard, Pierre ^c   Oberti, Frédéric ^d   Bernard Chabert, Brigitte ^e   Pauwels, Arnault ^f   Renard, Philippe ^g   Bartoli, Eric ^h   Cadranel, Jean François ⁱ   Barbare, Jean Claude ^j   Ingrand, Isabelle ^a   Beauchant, Michel ^k  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE GONESSE   (France)

^g CENTRE HOSPITALIER VICTOR DUPOUY   (France)

^h AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^j Centre Hospitalier Compiegne   (France)

^k POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

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Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Digestive bleeding; Evaluation studies; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LACTULOSE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OCTREOTIDE; SCLEROSING AGENT; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 33846225492     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7810     Document Type: Article

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