Freeman 1989.

Methods	Randomised: yes, but method not described. Concealment: method not described. Double‐blind: yes. Adequate method with identical placebo described. Description of withdrawals/drop‐outs: no. Length of FU: until discharge. Jadad score: 3/5.
Participants	Country: U.K. Diagnosis of bleeding: by endoscopy. Source of bleeding: all confirmed varices. Endoscopy performed in all patients prior to randomisation. Diagnosis of cirrhosis: clinical. 29 patients with 31 bleeding episodes. Child's A = 48%, B = 23%, C = 29%. Alcoholic cirrhosis = 77%.
Interventions	Terlipressin versus placebo. Rx:terlipressin 2 mg iv every 4 h for 24 h or until bleeding stopped. Then 1 mg iv every 4 h for another 24 h. Control: placebo. Time from admission to treatment: within four hours. Initial sclerotherapy: not done.
Outcomes	1. Mortality at discharge. 2. Failure of initial haemostasis. 3. Rebleeding at discharge. 4. Procedures required for haemostasis. 5. Blood transfusions. (median and range) 6. LOS: NR.
Notes	Source of funding: unknown.
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment?	Unclear risk	B ‐ Unclear