Evaluation of occult gastrointestinal bleeding

American Family Physician

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 430-436

  Bull Henry, Kathy ^a   Al Kawas, Firas H ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; OCCULT BLOOD; OCCULT GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA;

EID: 84875181112     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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