Esophagitis in frail elderly people

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-263

  Cardin, Fabrizio ^a,c   Minicuci, Nadia ^b   Siviero, Paola ^b   Bertolio, Serena ^a   Gasparini, Giulia ^a   Inelmen, Emine Meral ^a   Terranova, Oreste ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute esophagitis; Elderly; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTACID AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FERROUS SULFATE; NITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID; SUCRALFATE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; THEOPHYLLINE;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEARTBURN; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847370753     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225611.48728.1e     Document Type: Article

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