The efficacy of endoscopic therapy in bleeding peptic ulcer patients

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 290-293

  Levin, Dion A ^a   Watermeyer, Gillian A ^a   Deetlefs, Eduan ^a   Metz, David C ^b   Thomson, Sandie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84860861864     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.5457     Document Type: Article

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