Nasogastric aspiration and lavage in emergency department patients with hematochezia or melena without hematemesis

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-132

  Palamidessi, Nicholas ^a   Sinert, Richard ^a   Falzon, Louise ^a   Zehtabchi, Shahriar ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Hematochezia; Melena; Nasogastric aspiration

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBASE; EMERGENCY WARD; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTRIC SUCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MELENA; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STOMACH LAVAGE;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; IRRIGATION; MALE; MELENA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTUM;

EID: 76049109720     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00609.x     Document Type: Review

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