Desaint 1987.

Methods	Randomised: yes, but method not described. Concealment: method not described. Double‐blind: no. Description of withdrawals/dropouts: no. Length of FU: unknown. Jadad Score: 1/5.
Participants	Country: Italy Diagnosis of bleeding: by endoscopy. Source of bleeding: all confirmed or unconfirmed varices. Endoscopy: performed in all patients prior to randomisation. Diagnosis of cirrhosis: unknown. 16 patients with 16 episodes. Child's A = 13%, B = 44%, C = 43%. Alcoholic cirrhosis = unknown.
Interventions	Terlipressin versus vasopressin. Rx1: 2 mg iv every 6 h until bleeding cessation, then 1mg every 6 h for another 24 h. Rx2: vasopressin 0.3 U/Kg/h iv infusion for 6 h. Repeated after 12 h in case of failure. Time from admission to treatment: unknown. Initial sclerotherapy: none.
Outcomes	1. Mortality at discharge. 2. Failure of initial hemostasis at 24 h. 3. Rebleeding at discharge. 4. Procedures required for hemostasis: NR. 5. Blood transfusions: NR. 6. LOS: NR.
Notes	Source of funding: unknown.
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment?	Unclear risk	B ‐ Unclear