Clinical utility of a standardized electronic order set for the management of acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1342-1348

  Mayorga, Christian A ^a   Rockey, Don C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic Medical Record; Epic; GI Bleeding; Portal Hypertension; Varices

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OCTREOTIDE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STANDARDIZED ELECTRONIC ORDER SET; TIME TO TREATMENT; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIC; GI BLEEDING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; VARICES;

ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884308628     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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