Abstract: Objective To observe the effect of octreotide on upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (UGH) in patients with liver cirrhosis. Methods Total of 79 cases of UGH patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group. The two groups were defined on the basis of the internal medical treatment, 37 patients in the control group, were treated with pituitrin, 42 patients in the treatment group, were treated with octreotide. Results The difference of efficiency in two groups is significant 37.8% and 64.3% (P = 0.0086). Total effective rates were 78.4% and 95.2% (P = 0.0228), respectively. Conclusions Octreotide was safe and effective for the treatment of UGH in patients with liver cirrhosis.
|