Predictors of a variceal source among patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 187-192

  Alharbi, Ahmad ^a   Almadi, Majid ^a   Barkun, Alan ^a   Martel, Myriam ^a   Armstrong, David ^b   Bourdages, Raymond ^c   Bradette, Marc ^d   Bursey, Ford ^e   Chiba, Naoki ^f   Cockeram, Alan ^g   Doummar, Gilbert ^g   Fallone, Carlo ^h   Gregor, James ⁱ   Hilsden, Robert ^j   Jobin, Gilles ^k   Lahaie, Raymond ^l   Morelli, Gaetano ^m   Nijhawan, Pardeep ^g   Render, Kenneth ⁿ   Rostom, Alaa ^o   Sandha, Gurpal ^p   Sylwestrowicz, Thomas ^q   Van Zanten, Sander Veldhuyzen ^r   Worobetz, Lawrence ^s   more..

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Hotel Dieu de Levis Hospital   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Health Sciences Centre St John's   (Canada)

^f Surrey GI Research   (Canada)

^g Hillyard Place Building ^*  (Canada)

^h ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ Station B   (Canada)

^j Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

^k MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^m Immeuble Commercial   (Canada)

ⁿ Gastroenterology and Hepatology   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^p Zeidler Ledcor Centre   (Canada)

^q Saskatoon Health Region St Pauls Hospital   (Canada)

^r QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^s ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Esophageal varices; Gastrointestinal hemorrhages; Hematemesis; Melena

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANADA; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 84860365324     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/349324     Document Type: Article

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