Double-Blind Randomized Multicenter Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of 10-Day to 5-Day Terlipressin Treatment of Bleeding Esophageal Varices

Abstract

Prolonged treatment with terlipressin did not prove significant decrease of mortality or bleeding recurrence. Lower rebleeding rate after day 5 and tendency towards lower transfusion requirements were observed.

Keywords

• Cirrhosis
• hyponatremia
• terlipressin
• variceal bleeding