The impact of endoscopy and specialist care on 30-day mortality among patients with acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: An Italian population-based study

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 629-634

  Kohn, Anna ^a   Ancona, Carla ^b   Belleudi, Valeria ^b   Davoli, Marina ^b   Giglio, Lucio ^a   Fusco, Danilo ^b   Andreoli, Arnaldo ^a   Perucci, Carlo ^b   Prantera, Cosimo ^a  

^a Stroke Unit   (Italy)

^b Italian National Health Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute non variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding; Epidemiology; Gastrointestinal bleeding mortality; Italy; UGIH

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 77955270736     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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