食管胃底静脉曲张破裂出血是失代偿期肝硬化的严重并发症之一,治疗棘手,死亡率高.找院于1989～1992年采用硝酸甘油与垂体后叶素(VP)持续滴注治疗45例,现报道如下.对象与方法45例均经本院急诊胃镜检查确诊为食管胃底静脉曲张出血,其中肝炎后肝硬化40例,晚期血吸虫病3例,肝癌2例.45例随机分两组,治疗组25例.男20例,女5例,年龄20～71岁;child分级,A级4例,B级15例, Esophageal and gastric variceal bleeding is one of the serious complications of decompensated cirrhosis, the treatment of intractable, high mortality. Looking for hospital from 1989 to 1992 with nitroglycerin and vasopressin (VP) continuous infusion therapy 45 cases, are reported as follows.Methods 45 cases were diagnosed by our hospital emergency gastroscopy bleeding esophageal varices, including 40 cases of posthepatitic cirrhosis, advanced schistosomiasis in 3 cases, liver cancer in 2.45 cases were randomized Two groups, treatment group 25 cases, 20 males and 5 females, aged 20 to 71 years old; child classification, A grade in 4 cases, B grade in 15 cases,