Management of acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: Comparison of an American and a Canadian medical centre

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 489-495

  Targownik, Laura E ^a,b   Gralnek, Ian M ^a   Dulai, Gareth S ^a   Spiegel, Brennan M R ^a   Oei, Tommy ^a   Bernstein, Charles N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Hospital length of stay; Process of care; Rebleeding

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 0142180161     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2003/264595     Document Type: Article

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