Comparison of hemostatic efficacy for argon plasma coagulation and distilled water injection in treating high-risk bleeding ulcers

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 941-945

  Wang, Huay Min ^a,b   Hsu, Ping I ^a,b   Lo, Gin Ho ^a,b   Chen, Tai An ^a   Cheng, Lung Chih ^a,b   Chen, Wen Chi ^a,b   Lin, Chiun Ku ^a,b   Yu, Hsien Chung ^a,b   Chan, Hoi Hung ^a,b   Tsai, Wei Lun ^a,b   Wang, E Ming ^a   Lai, Kwok Hung ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Argon plasma coagulation; Distilled water; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PANTOPRAZOLE; STEROID; WATER; 2 [[(2 PYRIDYL)METHYL]SULFINYL]BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ANTIULCER AGENT; ARGON;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INJECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

2-PYRIDINYLMETHYLSULFINYLBENZIMIDAZOLES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ARGON; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER;

EID: 74949095907     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31819c3885     Document Type: Article

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