Is successful triage of patients with upper-gastrointestinal bleeding possible without endoscopy?

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9238, 2000, Pages 1289-1290

  Farrell, Richard J ^a   Alsahli, Mazen ^a   LaMont, J Thomas ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034649043     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02808-7     Document Type: Note

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