Acute gastrointestinal bleeding in the intensive care unit: The intensivist's perspective

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 275-307

  Kupfer, Yizhak ^a,b   Cappell, Mitchell S ^a,b   Tessler, Sidney ^a,b  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0034081677     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8553(05)70117-5     Document Type: Article

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