Bleeding peptic ulcer: Characteristics and outcomes in Newcastle, NSW

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 605-609

  Halland, Magnus ^a   Young, M ^a   Fitzgerald, M N ^b   Inder, K ^b   Duggan, J M ^a   Duggan, A ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Epidemiology; Peptic ulcer disease; Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC STRESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH ULCER; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PEPTIC ULCER; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051591111     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02357.x     Document Type: Article

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