Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients aged 85 years or more. Results of a feasibility study in a district general hospital

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Van Kouwen, Mariëtte C A ^a   Drenth, Joost P H ^a   Verhoeven, Herman M J M ^b   Bos, Laurens P ^b   Engels, Leopold G J B ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Pathology; Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SCLEROSING AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUODENITIS; DYSPEPSIA; EROSIVE GASTRITIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SEDATION; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 0037783974     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(03)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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