Propranolol in prevention of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhotic patients

Propranolol in prevention of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhotic patients

Placebo or propranolol was given randomly of two groups of 12 adults with cirrhosis who had recently held from oesophageal or gastric varices or from acute gastric erosions. During three months' follow-up 5 patients in the placebo and none in the propranolol group had recurrent gastrointestinal...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 1981-04, Vol.1 (8226), p.920-921
Hauptverfasser: Lebrec, D, Nouel, O, Bernuau, J, Bouygues, M, Rueff, B, Benhamou, J P
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Sprache:eng
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Clinical Trials as Topic
Esophageal and Gastric Varices - prevention & control
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis - complications
Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage - prevention & control
Placebos
Propranolol - therapeutic use
Random Allocation
Recurrence
Stomach Ulcer - complications
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Zusammenfassung:Placebo or propranolol was given randomly of two groups of 12 adults with cirrhosis who had recently held from oesophageal or gastric varices or from acute gastric erosions. During three months' follow-up 5 patients in the placebo and none in the propranolol group had recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding.
ISSN:0140-6736