Acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in patients aged 80 years or more

QJM

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 765-774

  Cooper, B T ^a,b   Weston, C F ^a,c   Neumann, C S ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FATALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

EID: 0024093913     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a068243     Document Type: Article

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