Predictors of a Variceal Source among Patients Presenting with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Ahmad Alharbi; Majid Almadi; Alan Barkun; Myriam Martel; The REASON Investigators

doi:10.1155/2012/349324

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2012)

Predictors of a Variceal Source among Patients Presenting with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Ahmad Alharbi,
Majid Almadi,
Alan Barkun,
Myriam Martel,
The REASON Investigators

Affiliations

Ahmad Alharbi: Division of Gastroenterology, The McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Majid Almadi: Division of Gastroenterology, The McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alan Barkun: Division of Gastroenterology, The McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Myriam Martel: Division of Gastroenterology, The McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The REASON Investigators

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/349324
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26, no. 4
pp. 187 – 192

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) require an early, tailored approach best guided by knowledge of the bleeding lesion, especially a variceal versus a nonvariceal source.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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