Gastrointestinal bleeding and blood transfusion in the elderly in Japan

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 59, Issue 117, 2012, Pages 1480-1483

  Suehiro, Taketoshi ^a   Yakeishi, Yoichi ^a   Sakai, Fumitaka ^a   Matsuzaki, Koichi ^a   Sanefuji, Kensaku ^a   Toyokawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Shioshita, Kei ^a   Sugie, Yumi ^a   Okudaira, Yasuyuki ^a   Kano, Tadashi ^a   Mine, Hiroyuki ^a   Suetsugu, Keiko ^b   Suetsugu, Fuminaga ^b   Suehiro, Naohisa ^c   Suhiro, Kikuo ^c  

^a Shin Nakama Hospital   (Japan)

^b Suetsugu Clinic   (Japan)

^c Suehiro Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antithrombotic therapy; Blood transfusion; Elderly; Gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865186408     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge09286     Document Type: Article

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