Clearing the stomach before emergency endoscopy in cirrhotics with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. A gastrokinetic or a vasoactive drug?

J Hepatol. 2003 Jul;39(1):130-1. doi: 10.1016/s0168-8278(03)00162-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Endoscopy, Digestive System
  • Female
  • Gastric Emptying / drug effects*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / drug therapy*
  • Hormones / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Somatostatin / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Hormones
  • Somatostatin