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A Randomized Trial of Terlipressin Plus Nitroglycerin vs. Balloon Tamponade in the Control of Acute Variceal Hemorrhage by Eric Fort; Denis Sautereau; Christine Silvain; Pierre Ingrand; Bernard Pillegand; Pr. Michel Beauchant is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Randomized Trial of Terlipressin Plus Nitroglycerin vs. Balloon Tamponade in the Control of Acute Variceal Hemorrhage about?
Unite' d'He'patologie CHU J. Bernard Poitiers and "Service d'He'patogastroente'rologie CHU Dupuytren Limoges ## MICHEL BEAUCHANT' A randomized trial was undertaken to determine the efficacy of nitroglycerin in addition to terlipressin infusion to improve the control of acute variceal hemorrhage compared with balloon tamponade. Fortyseven bleeding episodes in 34 cirrhotic patients were included, with terlipressin plus sublingual nitroglycerin in 23 episodes (group I) and balloon tamponade in 24 episodes (group 11). At the end of the 12-hr period, hemorrhage had been equally controlled in both groups (18 of 23; 78% in group I and 19 of 24; 79% in group 11). When attempted, balloon tamponade appeared more efficient in the failures of group I (4 of 4) than did terlipressin plus nitroglycerin in the failures of group I1 (0 of 3), although this difference was not significant. Major complications were rare (one in each group) and never required cessation of therapy. Thus terlipressin and nitroglycerin were as effective as balloon tamponade in controlling variceal hemorrhage and were associated with few minor complications. (HEPATOLOGY 199% 11:678-68 1.
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- Author
- Eric Fort; Denis Sautereau; Christine Silvain; Pierre Ingrand; Bernard Pillegand; Pr. Michel Beauchant
- Publisher
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)