Lower gastrointestinal bleeding in elderly patients

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 320-322

  Akhtar, Abbasi J ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Elderly; Frail; Gastrointestinal

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DIVERTICULOSIS; DRUG USE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POLYP; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TIME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0346899671     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70391-6     Document Type: Review

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