Risk factors for hospitalized gastrointestinal bleeding among older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 126-133

  Kaplan, Robert C ^a   Heckbert, Susan R ^b   Koepsell, Thomas D ^b   Furberg, Curt D ^c   Polak, Joseph F ^d   Schoen, Robert E ^e   Psaty, Bruce M ^f  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal bleeding; Gastrointestinal ischemia; Nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035092938     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49032.x     Document Type: Article

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