Upper gastrointestinal bleeding in elderly adults with dementia receiving cholinesterase inhibitors: A population-based cohort study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 382-384

  Thavorn, Kednapa ^a   Gomes, Tara ^a,b,c   Camacho, Ximena ^b   Yao, Zhan ^b   Juurlink, David ^b   Mamdani, Muhammad ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84894149584     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12670     Document Type: Letter

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