Mortality from acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the United Kingdom: Does it display a weekend effect

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1621-1628

  Jairath, V ^a   Kahan, B C ^b   Logan, R F A ^c   Hearnshaw, S A ^d   Travis, S P L ^a   Murphy, M F ^a   Palmer, K R ^e  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; MORTALITY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHOCK; STOMACH VARICES; THERAPY DELAY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; WEEKDAY; WEEKEND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052502920     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.172     Document Type: Article

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