A nationwide analysis of risk factors for mortality and time to endoscopy in upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-36

  Wysocki, J D ^a   Srivastav, S ^b   Winstead, N S ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861792413     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2012.05129.x     Document Type: Article

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