title: Advances in drug therapy for acute variceal haemorrhage.
abstract: Recent advances in the pharmacology of portal hypertension are reviewed, against the background of existing knowledge and current clinical research. The most recent trials are analysed, and conclusions made about the use of drugs in acute variceal haemorrhage, as well as directions for further clinical trials and research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepato-Biliary Medicine, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, Hampstead, London, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patch
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Burroughs
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002404:Catheterization; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents