Hemorrhage in the upper gastrointestinal tract in the older patient

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-46

  Segal, William N ^a   Cello, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ULCER; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031030380     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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