Octreotide blunts postprandial splanchnic hyperemia in cirrhotic patients: A double‐blind randomized echo‐doppler study
Buonamico P, Sabbá C, Garcia‐Tsao G, Berardi E, Antonica G, Ferraioli G, Jensen J, Lerner E, Taylor K, Albano O, Groszmann R. Octreotide blunts postprandial splanchnic hyperemia in cirrhotic patients: A double‐blind randomized echo‐doppler study. Hepatology 1995, 21: 134-139. PMID: 7806146, DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840210123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPortal vein cross-sectional areaPostprandial splanchnic hyperemiaSuperior mesenteric arterySMA-VCirrhotic patientsSplanchnic hyperemiaSplanchnic hemodynamicsPlacebo administrationMeal ingestionPV-VFasted stateVein cross-sectional areaEcho-Doppler studyEffect of octreotideCrossover studyMesenteric arteryPulsatility indexLiquid mealPatientsSeparate daysCross-sectional areaSignificant decreaseIngestionHyperemiaSignificant increase