Acute lower gastroenteric bleeding retrospective analysis (The ALGEBRA study): An analysis of the triage, management and outcomes of patients with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-149

  Brackman, Matthew R ^a   Gushchin, Vadim V ^a   Smith, Lee ^a   Demory, Michelle ^a   Kirkpatrick, John R ^a   Stahl, Thomas ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; APACHE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MELENA; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; APACHE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MELENA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 0037313320     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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