Opposing effects of aspirin and anticoagulants on morbidity and mortality in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 283-292

  Abu Daya, Hussein ^a,c   Eloubeidi, Mohamad ^c   Tamim, Hani ^c   Halawi, Houssam ^c   Malli, Ahmad H ^c   Rockey, Don C ^b   Barada, Kassem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Morbidity; Peptic ulcer hemorrhage; Platelet aggregation inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ASPIRINS; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; ESOPHAGITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PEPTIC ULCER; PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE RELATED UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ULCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEBANON; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LEBANON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84899668344     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: 17512980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-2980.12140     Document Type: Article

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