Controlling gastric variceal bleeding with endoscopically applied hemostatic powder (HemosprayTM)

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1397-1398

  Holster, I Lisanne ^a   Poley, Jan Werner ^a   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   Tjwa, Eric T T L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ENBUCRILATE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOSPRAY; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; NORFLOXACIN; OCTREOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOSIS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOSTASIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; MELENA; MYELOFIBROSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH VARICES BLEEDING;

AGED; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; POWDERS;

EID: 84869215201     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.07.024     Document Type: Letter

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