A national survey on the initial management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2014, Pages e93-e98

  Liang, Peter S ^a   Saltzman, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Guideline; Risk score; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNIST; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEMOSTASIS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916221993     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0000000000000095     Document Type: Article

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