Selective intra-arterial terlipressin infusion stops acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding: A case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1059-1061

  Favalli, Novella Maria ^a   De Franceschi, Lucia ^a   Bassetto, Antonietta Maria ^a   Bambara, Lisa Maria ^a   Mansueto, Giancarlo ^a   Corrocher, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Section of Internal Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Angiography; Red blood cells; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; TERLIPRESSIN;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MIDDLE COLON ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THORAX SURGERY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYSINE VASOPRESSIN; MIDDLE AGED; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 6944242626     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200410000-00018     Document Type: Review

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