Comparison of emergency endoscopic variceal ligation plus octride or octride alone for acute esophageal variceal bleeding

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3003-3006

  Liu, Jin Song ^a   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute esophageal variceal bleeding; Emergency endoscopic ligation; Octride

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOMETHYLBENZOIC ACID; OCTREOTIDE; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOSTASIS; HEPATIC COMA; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH DISTENSION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549141471     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.24.017     Document Type: Article

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