Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in octogenarians: clinical outcome and factors related to mortality.

Theocharis, George J; Arvaniti, Vassiliki; Assimakopoulos, Stelios F; Thomopoulos, Konstantinos C; Xourgias, Vassilis; Mylonakou, Irini; Nikolopoulou, Vassiliki N

Theocharis, George J; Arvaniti, Vassiliki; Assimakopoulos, Stelios F; Thomopoulos, Konstantinos C; Xourgias, Vassilis; Mylonakou, Irini; Nikolopoulou, Vassiliki N.

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Theocharis GJ; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Vironos 18, Patras 26224, Greece.

World J Gastroenterol ; 14(25): 4047-53, 2008 Jul 07.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18609689

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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/etiology; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/mortality; Upper Gastrointestinal Tract/pathology; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Comorbidity; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; Female; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/pathology; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/therapy; Greece/epidemiology; Hemostatic Techniques; Humans; Male; Peptic Ulcer/complications; Peptic Ulcer/mortality; Peptic Ulcer/pathology; Recurrence; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Treatment Outcome; Urea/analysis

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Upper Gastrointestinal Tract / Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: World J Gastroenterol Journal subject: GASTROENTEROLOGIA Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: Greece

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