Outcomes of Weekend Admissions for Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: A Nationwide Analysis

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N ^a   McGinley, Emily L ^a   Saeian, Kia ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SURVIVAL; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 60949091768     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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