Post-sphincterotomy bleeding: Who, what, when, and how

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2850-2858

  Ferreira, Lincoln E V V C ^a   Baron, Todd H ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTORS; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC;

EID: 36549029769     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01563.x     Document Type: Review

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