Use of endoscopy for management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the UK: Results of a nationwide audit

Gut

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1022-1029

  Hearnshaw, Sarah A ^a   Logan, Richard F A ^b   Lowe, Derek ^a,c   Travis, Simon P L ^d   Murphy, Mike F ^e   Palmer, Kelvin R ^f  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^f WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SEDATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; WORKING TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EMERGENCIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954271262     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2008.174599     Document Type: Article

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