The outcome and role of drugs in patients with unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1482-1489

  Hreinsson, Johann P ^a   Bjarnason, Ingvar ^b   Bjornsson, Einar S ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anti inflammatory agents; aspirin; gastrointestinal hemorrhage; non steroidal; warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DATABASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; WARFARIN;

EID: 84938634752     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2015.1057861     Document Type: Article

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