Management and outcome of peptic ulcers or erosions in patients receiving a combination of aspirin plus clopidogrel

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 679-686

  Ng, Fook Hong ^a   Chan, Pierre ^b   Kwanching, Chi Pong ^c   Loo, Ching Kong ^d   Cheung, Ting Kin ^b   Wong, Siu Yin ^a   Kng, Carolyn ^a   Ng, Ka Man ^c   Lai, Sik To ^c   Wong, Benjamin Chun Yu ^b  

^a RUTTONJEE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Clopidogrel; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Ischemic heart disease; Peptic ulcer

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTACID AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; ESOMEPRAZOLE; HEPARIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PANTOPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RABEPRAZOLE; SUCRALFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART DISEASE; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH EROSION;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; STENTS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 52749083598     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-008-2215-4     Document Type: Article

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