Somatostatina en el tratamiento de emergencia de la hemorragia digestiva alta en hipertensos portales. / [Somatostatin in the emergency treatment of upper digestive hemorrhage in patients with portal hypertension]

ABSTRACT

During a 2-yr period 15 patients (17 episodes) with variceal bleeding (VB) and 7 with cirrhosis and acute gastroduodenal haemorrhage (GDH) received intravenous somatostatin (250 mcg per hr after a bolus of 250 mcg). Initial control of bleeding was achieved in 13 (76