Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage clinical guideline - Determining the optimal hospital length of stay

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-322

  Hay, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Lyubashevsky, Eugene ^a   Elashoff, Janet ^a   Maldonado, Lawrence ^a   Weingarten, Scott R ^a   Ellrodt, A Gray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HealthCare Partners Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0029939946     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)89490-9     Document Type: Article

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