Early predictors of severity in acute lower intestinal tract bleeding

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 838-843

  Strate, Lisa L ^a,c   Orav, E John ^b   Syngal, Sapna ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345269191     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.7.838     Document Type: Article

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