Bleeding and stenosis caused by reflux esophagitis was not common in emergency endoscopic examinations: A retrospective patient chart review at a single institution in Japan

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 265-269

  Yamaguchi, Miyuki ^a   Iwakiri, Ryuichi ^a   Yamaguchi, Kanako ^a   Mizuta, Toshihiko ^a   Shimoda, Ryo ^a   Sakata, Yasuhisa ^a   Hisatomi, Akitaka ^a   Mizuguchi, Masanobu ^a   Sato, Seiji ^a   Miyazaki, Kohji ^a   Fujimoto, Kazuma ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid reflux; Complications; Endoscope; Esophagus; Gastroesophageal reflux disease

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; THROMBIN;

BALLOON DILATATION; COLLAGEN DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 43249110892     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-007-2157-2     Document Type: Review

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