A pilot project examining the predicted preferences of patients and physicians in the primary prophylaxis of variceal hemorrhage

Hepatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 169-176

  Longacre, Anna V ^a   Imaeda, Avlin ^a,b   Garcia Tsao, Guadalupe ^a,b   Fraenkel, Liana ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC VARICEAL LIGATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORATION; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARICEAL HEMORRHAGE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 38649106119     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21945     Document Type: Article

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