Endoscopic treatment of high-risk bleeding ulcers: Success, rebleeding and mortality

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 419-423

  Téllez Ávila, Félix ^a   Chávez Tapia, Norberto C ^a   Franco Guzmán, Ada M ^a   Duarte Rojo, Andrés ^a   López Arce, Gustavo ^a   Camacho, Jesús A ^a   Ramírez Luna, Miguel Ángel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Endoscopic hemostasis; Hemorrhage; Mortality; Peptic ulcer; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EMERGENCIES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 40949135142     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: 00348376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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