Comparison of 2 days versus 5 days of octreotide infusion along with endoscopic therapy in preventing early rebleed from esophageal varices: A randomized clinical study

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 386-392

  Rengasamy, Sudhagar ^a   Ali, Sheik Manwar ^a   Sistla, Sarath C ^a   Lakshmi, Chandrasekharan P ^a   Kumar, Kottyen T Harichandra ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Endoscopic; Mortality; Octreotide; Rebleeding; Variceal bleeding; Vasoactive agents

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLIDOCANOL; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ECONOMICS; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; INDIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RECURRENCE; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924873055     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000300     Document Type: Article

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