RATIONAL FOR CONTINUING TERLIPRESSIN AFTER ENDOSCOPIC VARICEAL LIGATION IN ACUTE VARICEAL HAEMORRHAGE NEEDS FURTHER EVIDENCE: A PILOT STUDY
ABSTRACT Background Variceal hemorrhage (VH) is a medical emergency. Prompt endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) is therapeutic. Terlipressin is used in VH and continued for 2—5 days even after EVL. As hemostasis is primarily achieved by EVL, the benefit of continuing trelipressin after EVL is unknow...
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Language: | English |
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Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE)
2022-04-01
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Series: | Arquivos de Gastroenterologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032022000100089&tlng=en |