Intravenous Erythromycin Before Endoscopy in Patients With Variceal Bleeding: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Objectives:
Blood in stomach & oesophagus in patients with variceal bleeding often obscures the
endoscopic view & makes endoscopic intervention difficult to perform. Erythromycin, a motilin
agonist induces gastric emptying. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of
Erythromycin on endoscopic visibility and its outcome.