Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2012)

Why Do Mortality Rates for Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Differ around the World? A Systematic Review of Cohort Studies

Vipul Jairath,
Myriam Martel,
Richard FA Logan,
Alan N Barkun

Affiliations

Vipul Jairath: Translational Gastroenterology Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Myriam Martel: Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Richard FA Logan: Division of Epidemiology and Public Health & Nottingham Digestive Disease Centre, UK
Alan N Barkun: Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/862905
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26, no. 8
pp. 537 – 543

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Discrepancies exist in reported mortality rates of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB).

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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