Short course adjuvant terlipressin in acute variceal bleeding: A randomized double blind dummy controlled trial

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 819-824

  Azam, Zahid ^a,b   Hamid, Saeed ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a   Salih, Mohammad ^a   Abbas, Zaigham ^a   Abid, Shahab ^a   Shah, Hasnain ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Dummy; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Outcome study; Portal hypertension; Randomized controlled trial; Terlipressin; Variceal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

NOVAPRESSIN; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAPREOTIDE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ENDOSCOPIC VARICEAL BAND LIGATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION;

ADULT; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIGATION; LYPRESSIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84858701560     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.11.019     Document Type: Article

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