Routine coagulation screening in children undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy does not predict those at risk of bleeding

Endoscopy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 508-510

  Giles, E ^a   Walton Salih, E ^a   Shah, N ^a   Hinds, Rupert ^a,b  

^a Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646745961     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-921041     Document Type: Article

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