Excess long-term mortality following non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a population-based cohort study

Background It is unclear whether an upper gastrointestinal bleed is an isolated gastrointestinal event or an indicator of a deterioration in a patient's overall health status. Therefore, we investigated the excess causes of death in individuals after a non-variceal bleed compared with deaths i...

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Main Authors: Crooks, Colin John, Card, Timothy R., West, Joe
Format: Article
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2462/