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Severe gastrointestinal bleeding is uncommon in children. Most commonly it’s caused by gastric, duodenal ulcer or variceal bleeding.
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Sengstaken-Blakemore tube for non-variceal distal esophageal bleeding refractory to endoscopic treatment: a case report & review of the literature. Chen YI, Dorreen AP, Warshawsky PJ, Wyse JM. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2014 Apr 27.
Role of prophylactic antibiotics in cirrhotic patients with variceal bleeding. Lee YY, Tee HP, Mahadeva S. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Feb 21;20(7):1790-6.
Lack of difference among terlipressin, somatostatin, and octreotide in the control of acute gastroesophageal variceal hemorrhage. Seo YS, Park SY, Kim MY, Kim JH, Park JY, Yim HJ, Jang BK, Kim HS, Hahn T, Kim BI, Heo J, An H, Tak WY, Baik SK, Han KH, Hwang JS, Park SH, Cho M, Um SH. Hepatology. 2014 Jan 10
