How early should endoscopy be performed in suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 328-329

  Barkun, Alan N ^a   Bardou, Marc ^b,c   Kuipers, Ernst J ^d   Sung, Joseph ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MELENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS;

EID: 84856747757     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.363     Document Type: Letter

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