Endoscopy for acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage: Is sooner better? A systematic review

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1393-1404

  Spiegel, Brennan M R ^a   Vakil, Nimish B ^b   Ofman, Joshua J ^a,c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Zynx Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0034919159     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.11.1393     Document Type: Review

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