Outcomes following early red blood cell transfusion in acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-224

  Hearnshaw, S A ^a   Logan, R F A ^b   Palmer, K R ^c   Card, T R ^b   Travis, S P L ^a   Murphy, M F ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953744598     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04348.x     Document Type: Article

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