Improved patient survival after acute variceal bleeding: A multicenter, cohort study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 653-659

  Chalasani, Naga ^a   Kahi, Charles ^b   Francois, Fritz ^b   Pinto, Amar ^b   Marathe, Atul ^b   Bini, Edmund J ^b   Pandya, Prashant ^b   Sitaraman, Shanti ^b   Shen, Jianzhao ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0037343930     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07294.x     Document Type: Article

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