Epidemiology and diagnosis of acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 643-663

  Rotondano, Gianluca ^a  

^a ASLNA3sud   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Endoscopy; Epidemiology; Nonvariceal bleeding; Peptic ulcer; Risk factors; Timing

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CLOPIDOGREL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

AGE; ANGIODYSPLASIA; BILIARY TRACT HEMORRHAGE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIEULAFOY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART INFARCTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE FISTULA; ITALY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALLORY WEISS SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEPTIC ULCER; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; STOMACH PROTECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; ACUTE DISEASE; DUODENAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; STOMACH DISEASES; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; DUODENAL DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84908224582     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: 15581942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2014.08.001     Document Type: Review

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