Introducing a clinical pathway for acute peptic ulcer bleeding in general internal medicine wards

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1169-1176

  Lee, Teng Yu ^a   Chan, Tam ^b   Chang, Chi Sen ^a,c   Lan, Joung Liang ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Critical pathway; Guidelines; Management pathway; Non variceal; Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOMACH ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52149124380     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520802130191     Document Type: Article

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