Massive upper GI bleeding in a long-term hemodialysis patient

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1868-1873

  Chandra, Alpana ^a   Tso, Raymond ^a   Cynamon, Jacob ^a   Miller, Gregg ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 24944582871     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.3.1868     Document Type: Article

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