Management by the intensivist of gastrointestinal bleeding in adults and children

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Osman, David ^a   Djibré, Michel ^b   da Silva, Daniel ^c   Goulenok, Cyril ^d  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^c DELAFONTAINE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Hôpital Privé Jacques cartier   (France)

Author keywords

Gastric esophageal varices; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Intensive care; Recommendations; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLOPIDOGREL; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESOMEPRAZOLE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LACTULOSE; LANSOPRAZOLE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NORADRENALIN; NORFLOXACIN; OCTREOTIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PLACEBO; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE; RABEPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE; SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; SUCRALFATE; TERLIPRESSIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VAPREOTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERIC FEEDING; ERADICATION THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; GASTRIC ULCER BLEEDING; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART DISEASE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; PEPTIC ULCER; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROTHERAPY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT;

EID: 84871131023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-2-46     Document Type: Article

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