Endoscopy for acute upper GI tract hemorrhage: sooner is better

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-239

  Spiegel, Brennan M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH ULCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67651171565     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.12.053     Document Type: Editorial

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