Gastrointestinal bleeding in the elderly

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 963-982

  Lingenfelser, Thomas ^a,b   Ell, Christian ^a,b  

^a Klinik Für Gastroenterologie   (Germany)

^b DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiodysplasia; Angiography; Diverticulosis; Elderly; Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Haemorrhage; Interventional endoscopy; Intra operative endoscopy; Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs; Oesophageal varices; Oesophagitis; Peptic ulcer disease; Radionuclide scan; Transcatheter embolization

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PLACEBO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DIVERTICULOSIS; DRUG USE; DUODENOSCOPY; ELDERLY CARE; ENTERITIS; ENTEROCOLITIS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; GASTROSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSICIAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PREDICTION; PROCTOCOLITIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0035704058     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.2001.0252     Document Type: Article

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