Outcomes following acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding in relation to time to endoscopy: Results from a nationwide study

Endoscopy

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 723-730

  Jairath, V ^a   Kahan, B C ^b,c   Logan, R F A ^d   Hearnshaw, S A ^e   Dore C J ^b,c   Travis, S P L ^a   Murphy, M F ^a   Palmer, K R ^f  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONVARICEAL UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

AGED; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864397758     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1309736     Document Type: Article

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