Comparison of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in UK and in Treviso area (Italy): Similarities and differences

Gut

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1641-1642

  Loperfido, Silvano ^a   Fabris, Luca ^a   Maifreni, Luisa ^a   Di Mario, Francesco ^a  

^a Regional Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84866989386     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-302444     Document Type: Letter

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