Clinical predictors of bleeding esophageal varices in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 531-535

  Goh, Siang Hiong ^a   Tan, Wee Ping ^a   Lee, Shu Woan ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASCITES; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 22444434618     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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