Morbidity, mortality, and risk factors for esophagitis in hospital inpatients

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 264-269

  Newton, Magda ^a,b   Burnham, W Rodney ^b   Kamm, Michael A ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OLDCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Esophagitis; Gastroesophageal reflux; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH INTUBATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034117746     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200004000-00012     Document Type: Article

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