Infliximab stopped severe gastrointestinal bleeding in Crohn's disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2730-2734

  Aniwan, Satimai ^a   Eakpongpaisit, Surasak ^b   Imraporn, Boonlert ^a   Amornsawadwatana, Surachai ^a   Rerknimitr, Rungsun ^a  

^a KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b Samitivej Hospital Sukhumvit   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biologic agents; Complications; Crohn's disease; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Infliximab

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; HEMOGLOBIN; INFLIXIMAB; MESALAZINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84863089562     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i21.2730     Document Type: Article

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