Auditing mortality from upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage: Impact of a high dependency unit

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 246-250

  Kapur, K C ^a   Green, J T ^a   Turner, R G ^a   Swift, J ^a   Srivastava, E D ^a   Allison, M C ^a  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MELENA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MELENA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032067320     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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