Does blood urea nitrogen level predict severity and high-risk endoscopic lesions in patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding?

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-403

  Al Naamani, Khalid ^a   Alzadjali, Nabil ^a   Barkun, Alan N ^a   Fallone, Carlo A ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

BUN; High risk lesions (endoscopic); Predictors; Upper gastrointestinal bleed

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 44649131995     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/207850     Document Type: Article

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