Does endoscopy improve prediction of the prognosis in upper gastrointestinal bleeding?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 8-11

  Garrigues, Vicente ^a   Ponce, Julio ^a   Martinez, Fernando ^a   Sala, Teresa ^a   Pertejo, Virginia ^a   Berenguer, Joaquín ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer assisted analysis; Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Stigmata of hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0026717146     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199207000-00004     Document Type: Article

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