Clinically significant upper gastrointestinal bleeding acquired in a pediatric intensive care unit: A prospective study

Pediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 933-938

  Chaïbou, Mahamadou ^a   Tucci, Marisa ^a   Dugas, Marc André ^a   Farrell, Catherine Ann ^a   Proulx, François ^a   Lacroix, Jacques ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical care; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Intensive care unit; Pediatric; Risk factors; Stress ulceration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031704515     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.102.4.933     Document Type: Article

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