Lack of difference among terlipressin, somatostatin, and octreotide in the control of acute gastroesophageal variceal hemorrhage

Hepatology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 954-963

  Seo, Yeon Seok ^a   Park, Soo Young ^b   Kim, Moon Young ^c   Kim, Ju Hyun ^d   Park, Jun Yong ^e   Yim, Hyung Joon ^a   Jang, Byoung Kuk ^f   Kim, Hong Soo ^g   Hahn, Taeho ^h   Kim, Byung Ik ⁱ   Heo, Jeong ^j   An, Hyonggin ^a   Tak, Won Young ^b   Baik, Soon Koo ^c,k   Han, Kwang Hyub ^e,k   Hwang, Jae Seok ^f   Park, Sang Hoon ^h   Cho, Mong ^j   Um, Soon Ho ^a,k  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Gachon University   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^g Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

ⁱ Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^k Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Centre   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN; UREA; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CONTROL; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; LYPRESSIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMATOSTATIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84906794904     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.27006     Document Type: Article

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