A Fibreoptic endoscopic study of upper gastrointestinal bleeding at Bugando Medical Centre in northwestern Tanzania: A retrospective review of 240 cases

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jaka, Hyasinta ^a   Koy, Mheta ^a   Liwa, Anthony ^b   Kabangila, Rodrick ^a   Mirambo, Mariam ^b   Scheppach, Wolfgang ^c   Mkongo, Eliasa ^d   McHembe, Mabula D ^e   Chalya, Phillipo L ^b  

^a Bugando Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c Stiftung Juliusspital ^*  (Germany)

^d HUBERT KAIRUKI MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^e MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Aetiological spectrum; Clinical outcome; Clinical profile; Fibreoptic endoscopy; Management; Tanzania; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FIBER OPTICS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALE; MELENA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELENA; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862180210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-200     Document Type: Review

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