The etiology and clinical characteristics of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding in patients hospitalized for comorbid illnesses

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 69, 2006, Pages 395-398

  Lin, Chun Che ^a   Wang, Hsiu Po ^b   Wu, Ming Shiang ^b   Ho, Wei Chi ^a   Lee, Huei ^a   Lin, Jaw Town ^b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Comorbid illness; Lower gastrointestinal bleeding; Rectal ulcer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULCER;

EID: 33745444699     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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