Risk factors and the role of bedside colonoscopy for lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in critically ill patients

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 88, 2008, Pages 2108-2111

  Kim, Byung Chang ^a   Cheon, Jae Hee ^a   Kim, Tae Il ^a   Kim, Won Ho ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Intensive care unit; Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; UREA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENDER; HEMORRHOID; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 60849095112     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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