Acute variceal bleeding: somatostatin or sclerotherapy?
Korula
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Liver Unit, University of Southern California, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey.
D000208:Acute Disease; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004724:Endoscopy; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors
D013004:Somatostatin