Lack of follow-up of anaemia after discharge from an upper gastrointestinal bleeding centre

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Bager, Palle ^a   Dahlerup, Jens F ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; AFTERCARE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESOPHAGITIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; STANDARD; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875481276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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