Meta-analysis: Erythromycin before endoscopy for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-171

  Bai, Y ^a,b   Guo, J F ^a   Li, Z S ^a,b  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PLACEBO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCISEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80955180941     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04708.x     Document Type: Article

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