Acute variceal bleeding: general management

Table 1 Randomized studies of terlipressin

Study (ref)	Number of patients	Child C	Failure to control bleeding	Death
	C/T	%	C/T	C/T
Terlipressin vs placebo
Walker, 1986[40]	25/25	50	12/5	8/3
Freeman, 1989[41]	16/15	29	10/6	4/3
Soderlund, 1990[42]	29/31	33	13/5	11/3
Levacher, 1995[43]	43/41	81	23/12	20/12
POR (95%CI)			0.33	0.38
			(0.19-0.57)	(0.22-0.69)
P value			0.0001	0.001