High-altitude gastrointestinal bleeding: An observation in Qinghai-Tibetan railroad construction workers on Mountain Tanggula

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 774-780

  Wu, Tian Yi ^a   Ding, Shou Quan ^b   Liu, Jin Liang ^b   Jia, Jian Hou ^b   Dai, Rui Chen ^b   Zhu, Dong Chun ^b   Liang, Bao Zhu ^c   Qi, De Tang ^c   Sun, Yong Fu ^d  

^a PRC   (China)

^b Public Health Bureau of Qinghai Tibetan Railroad Construction Company   (China)

^c China Railroad Construction Company   (China)

^d Ministry of Railways   (China)

Author keywords

Acute gastric mucosal lesion; Gastrointestinal bleeding; High altitude; Hypoxic stress; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DEXAMETHASONE; OXYGEN; RANITIDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLD STRESS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DETERIORATION; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DUODENUM ULCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELENA; OCCULT BLOOD; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLYCYTHEMIA; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; SEA LEVEL; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; STOMACH EROSION; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 33846998654     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i5.774     Document Type: Article

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