Management of Acute Bleeding Per Rectum

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-38

  Tan, Benita K T ^a   Tsang, Charles B S ^b   Nyam, Denis C N K ^b   Ho, Yik Hong ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLITIS; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CANCER; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLORECTAL DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 0348225497     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60241-4     Document Type: Article

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