HDUPE 2004: Gastro-Oesophageal Haemorrhage in Emergency : Gastric Préparation to Endoscopy
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2008-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Gastric lavage is usually used for gastric preparation before endoscopy in patients with
upper gastrointestinal bleeding. However, the benefit-risk balance of putting a nasogastric
tube in these patients is not clearly defined. This randomized trial is aimed to determine if
the use of erythromycin IV before endoscopy could avoid to put a gastric tube for the
management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.