Incidence of occult upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients presenting to the ED with hematochezia

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 340-344

  Byers, Stacie E ^a   Chudnofsky, Carl R ^a   Sorondo, Barbara ^a   Dominici, Paul ^a   Parrillo, Steven J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE LAVAGE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM;

EID: 33847627016     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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