Endoscopic clipping for acute nonvariceal upper-GI bleeding: a meta-analysis and critical appraisal of randomized controlled trials

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 339-351

  Yuan, Yuhong ^a   Wang, Changcheng ^a   Hunt, Richard H ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47549095646     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.03.1122     Document Type: Review

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