Initial Management of Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: From Initial Evaluation up to Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 491-509

  Cappell, Mitchell S ^a   Friedel, David ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ANTACID AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CELECOXIB; CLOPIDOGREL; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OCTREOTIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TICLOPIDINE;

ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DUODENITIS; EMERGENCY CARE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTRIC SUCTION; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; ULCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DECISION MAKING; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUCTION; TRIAGE;

EID: 41149126883     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2008.01.005     Document Type: Review

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