Urgent colonoscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of severe diverticular hemorrhage

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 78-82

  Jensen, Dennis M ^a   Machicado, Gustavo A ^a   Jutabha, Rome ^a   Kovacs, Thomas O G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; COAGULATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIVERTICULOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULUM; EPINEPHRINE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034642602     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200001133420202     Document Type: Article

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