Prognosis of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the oldest-old patients: A post hoc analysis of a prospective study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 989-990

  Nahon, Stéphane ^a   Pariente, Alexandre ^b   Faroux, Roger ^c   Rémy, André Jean ^d   Nouel, Olivier ^e  

^a Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Le Raincy Montfermeil   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE PAU   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier de la Roche sur Yon   (France)

^d Centre Hospitalier de Perpignan   (France)

^e Centre Hospitalier de Saint Brieuc   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEPTIC ULCER; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952137400     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02826.x     Document Type: Letter

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