Optimizing the time-frame for the definition of bleeding-related death after acute variceal bleeding in cirrhosis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-79

  Merkel, Carlo ^a   Gatta, Angelo ^a   Bellumat, Antonio ^b   Bolognesi, Massimo ^a   Borsato, Lino ^c   Caregaro, Lorenza ^a   Cavallarin, Giorgio ^d   Cielo, Roberto ^b,h   Cristina, Pierantonio ^e   Cucci, Elisabetta ^e   Donada, Carlo ^f   Donadon, Valter ^f   Enzo, Edda ^a   Marin, Renato ^c   Mazzaro, Cesare ^f   Sacerdoti, David ^a   Torboli, Pierluigi ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b City Hospital of Feltre   (Italy)

^c City Hospital of Dolo   (Italy)

^d City Hospital of Chioggia   (Italy)

^e City Hospital of Mestre   (Italy)

^f City Hospital of Pordenone   (Italy)

^g City Hospital of Trento   (Italy)

^h Belluno City Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal bleeding; Oesophageal varices; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

EID: 9044248592     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199601000-00014     Document Type: Article

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