APACHE II scores and deaths after upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in hospital inpatients

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 392-396

  Gorard, D A ^a,b   Newton, M ^a   Burnham, W R ^a  

^a OLDCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APACHE; Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Gastroscopy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; APACHE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034087134     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200006000-00008     Document Type: Article

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