Process of care in acute nonvariceal upper-GI hemorrhage

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 310-312

  Dulai, Gareth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TIME FACTORS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 33747438022     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.03.006     Document Type: Editorial

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