Factors predicting the diagnostic yield and intervention in obscure gastrointestinal bleeding investigated using capsule endoscopy

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-278

  Sidhu, Reena ^a   Sanders, David S ^a   Kapur, Kapil ^b   Leeds, John S ^a   McAlindon, Mark E ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BARNSLEY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiodysplasia; Capsule endoscopy; Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THALIDOMIDE; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGUS POLYP; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; STOMACH VARICES; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 73949107520     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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