Management of haematemesis and melaena

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 945, 2004, Pages 399-404

  Palmer, K ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FIBRIN GLUE; OMEPRAZOLE; THROMBIN;

AORTODUODENAL FISTULA; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLIP; DUODENITIS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EMERGENCY; ENDOSCOPIC BAND SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EROSION; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LIVER DISEASE; MALLORY WEISS SYNDROME; MELENA; PEPTIC ULCER; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLEROTHERAPY; TUMOR; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MELENA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 3242657129     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.017558     Document Type: Review

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