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. 2011 Jul 7;2011:356919. doi: 10.4061/2011/356919

Table 2.

Antibiotics preventing mortality in acute variceal bleed.

Author Outcome Drug Drug Relative risk CI
Gulberg et al. [34] Bacterial infection Ceftriaxone 1 gm (1/40) Ceftriaxone 2 gm (1/42) 1.05 0.11–9.80
Lata et al. [35] Mortality Ampicillin and sulbactam 3 g (12/21) Norfloxacin 800 mg (7/25) 2.04 0.98–4.23
Fernández et al. [36] Mortality Ceftriaxone 1 g (8/54) Norfloxacin 800 mg (6/57) 1.41 0.52–3.79