Predictors of early re-bleeding and mortality after acute variceal haemorrhage

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 63-67

  Hunter, Shereen Shoukry ^a   Hamdy, Sherif ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acute variceal haemorrhage; Rebleeding

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD TURCOTTE PUGH SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SCLEROTHERAPY;

EID: 84879788252     PISSN: 16871979     EISSN: 20902387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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