Do Predictors of Mortality in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Include A Weekend Time of Admission?

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-258

  Barkun, Alan N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

COMORBIDITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60949108437     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.12.013     Document Type: Editorial

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