Evaluation of the patients that followed up for upper gastrointestinal system bleeding
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Initial management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: from initial evaluation up to gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a relatively common, potentially life-threatening medical emergency responsible for more than 300,000 hospital admissions and about 30,000 deaths per annum in America. The initial assessment focuses on bleeding activity, bleeding severity, hemodynamic compromise from the bleeding, and differentiating upper from lower gastrointestinal bleeding. The initia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dicle Medical Journal / Dicle Tip Dergisi
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1300-2945,1308-9889
DOI: 10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2014.03.0461