Editorial: Urgent colonoscopy in lower gi bleeding: Not so fast

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2643-2645

  Strate, Lisa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH LAVAGE;

COLONOSCOPY; EMERGENCIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78649897388     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.401     Document Type: Review

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