Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured ...

Sclerotherapy has a high rate of complications (40%) including perforation, aspiration, pyrexia, chest pain, ulcers and strictures. Endoscopic variceal ligation is as effective as sclerotherapy with fewer side effects. Use of the sengstaken-blackmore tube is effective in controlling severe bleeding, is easy to insert and has almost no ... ................
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