Emergency Management of Bleeding Esophageal Varices: Drugs, Bands or Sleep?

Variceal bleeding is a severe complication of cirrhosis leading to significant morbidity and mortality. Treatment of acute variceal bleeding has improved dramatically since the era of the mechanical balloon tamponade. These advances include endoscopic band ligation or sclerotherapy, and vasoactive p...

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Main Authors: Brian M Yan, Samuel S Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2006-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2006/743783
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