Erythromycin prior to endoscopy in acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: A meta-analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 920-924

  Szary, Nicholas M ^a   Gupta, Ruchi ^a   Choudhary, Abhishek ^a   Matteson, Michelle L ^a   Arif, Murtaza ^a   Hammad, Hazem T ^a   Bechtold, Matthew L ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythromycin; Meta analysis; Upper GI bleeding; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ACUTE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND LOOK ENDOSCOPY; STOMACH LAVAGE; STOMACH MUCOSA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECEPTORS, GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 79960209590     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.568520     Document Type: Article

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