Etiology and outcome of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding: A study from South of Iran

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-259

  Kaviani, Mohammad ^a   Pirastehfar, Mohsen ^a   Azari, Ali ^a   Saberifiroozi, Mehdi ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding; gastric ulcer; nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; DUODENUM ULCER; EMERGENCY WARD; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; MORTALITY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SHOCK; SPLENOMEGALY; STOMACH ULCER; THROMBOCYTE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VOMITING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DUODENAL ULCER; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH ULCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 77957745178     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.70608     Document Type: Article

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