Pharmacotherapy for oesophageal variceal bleeding
There are three classes of pharmacological intervention which are used in the management of bleeding oesophageal varices:
- vasoconstrictor therapy
- constrictors of the lower oesophageal sphincter
- prevention of acute hepatic encephalopathy
- long-term drug therapy
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