[Ranitidine in primary peptic ulcer in childhood complicated by acute hemorrhage].

The authors shortly report on the frequency and the peculiar clinical picture in the paediatric age. The usefulness of the pharmacological control (Ranitidine i.v. 50 mg thrice for 3 days) of acute haemorrhagic compliances is discussed in reference to the patient. The same drug was continued per os for two month at a dosage of 150 mg twice daily followed by 150 once daily for 8 months; during this period no relapses were observed and an endoscopic control did show the anatomical recovery of the ulcer. The authors underline also the good compliance and the absence of side effects of the drug employed.