Management of gastrointestinal bleeding induced by gastrointestinal endoscopy

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 125-167

  Cappell, Mitchell S ^a,b   Abdullah, Muhammad ^a,b  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FOREIGN BODY; GASTRODUODENAL ULCER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALLORY WEISS SYNDROME; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THERMOCOAGULATION;

EID: 0034021870     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8553(05)70110-2     Document Type: Article

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