Would you consider octreotide as an adjunctive therapy for patients experiencing an acute life-threatening hemorrhage, outside of standard indications such as variceal or AVM bleeding?
For example, would you use it for severe PUD bleeding, epistaxis, etc.?
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Would you consider octreotide as an adjunctive therapy for patients experiencing an acute life-threatening hemorrhage, outside of standard indications such as variceal or AVM bleeding?
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Hospital Medicine · Emory University Hospital
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In very selective scenarios, when the patient is experiencing an acute life-threatening bleeding while variceal or AVM bleeding remains on the differential, yes, I would consider octreotide as an adjunctive therapy, but only as a bridge to definitive diagnosis and treatment and not as a substitute f...
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