Efficacy and safety of an early discharge protocol in low-risk patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 176-181

  Moreno, Pablo ^a,b   Jaurrieta, Eduardo ^a   Aranda, Humberto ^a   Fabregat, Juan ^a   Farran, Leandro ^a   Biondo, Sebastiano ^a   Jorba, Rosa ^a   Borobia, Francisco J G ^a   Pallares, Roman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 0032168423     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(98)00243-5     Document Type: Article

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