[Cimetidine in the prevention of upper digestive hemorrhage in fulminating hepatitis].
The value of cimetidine on the prevention of gastric hemorrhage in 8 patients with fulminant hepatic failure was appreciated. The frequency of hemorrhage in this series was about 25% which is significant different from his past experience (52%) or from that of the literature (54%).
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006146:Guanidines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D006146:Guanidines; D002927:Cimetidine
A cimethidina na profilaxia da hemorragia digestiva superior na hepatite fulminante.