Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2013)

Predictors of Early Rebleeding after Endoscopic Therapy in Patients with Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to High-Risk Lesions

  • Davide Maggio,
  • Alan N Barkun,
  • Myriam Martel,
  • Sara Elouali,
  • Ian M Gralnek,
  • the REASON investigators

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/128760
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 8
pp. 454 – 458

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: In an era of increasingly shortened admissions, data regarding predictors of early rebleeding among patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB) exhibiting high-risk stigmata (HRS) having undergone endoscopic hemostasis are lacking.