Blood urea nitrogen to creatinine concentration in gastrointestinal bleeding: A reappraisal

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1796-1799

  Chalasani, Naga ^a   Clark, W Scott ^a   Wilcox, C Mel ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATININE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030760593     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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