Management of Acute Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: Comparison of an American and a Canadian Medical Centre

Laura E Targownik; Ian M Gralnek; Gareth S Dulai; Brennan MR Spiegel; Tommy Oei; Charles N Bernstein

doi:10.1155/2003/264595

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2003)

Management of Acute Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: Comparison of an American and a Canadian Medical Centre

Laura E Targownik,
Ian M Gralnek,
Gareth S Dulai,
Brennan MR Spiegel,
Tommy Oei,
Charles N Bernstein

Affiliations

Laura E Targownik: Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine of UCLA, Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Center for the Study of Digestive Healthcare Quality and Outcomes, Los Angeles, California, USA
Ian M Gralnek: Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine of UCLA, Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Center for the Study of Digestive Healthcare Quality and Outcomes, Los Angeles, California, USA
Gareth S Dulai: Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine of UCLA, Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Center for the Study of Digestive Healthcare Quality and Outcomes, Los Angeles, California, USA
Brennan MR Spiegel: Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine of UCLA, Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Center for the Study of Digestive Healthcare Quality and Outcomes, Los Angeles, California, USA
Tommy Oei: Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine of UCLA, Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Center for the Study of Digestive Healthcare Quality and Outcomes, Los Angeles, California, USA
Charles N Bernstein: University of Manitoba, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/264595
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 8
pp. 489 – 495

Abstract

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OBJECTIVES: Acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (UGIH) remains a common indication for hospital admission. Differences in the structure, process and outcomes of care in the management of acute nonvariceal UGIH between providers in Canada and the United States have not been previously characterized. The aim of the present study was to compare the structure, process and outcomes of care between a Canadian and an American tertiary care medical centre in the management of acute nonvariceal UGIH.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
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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