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Mortality with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and perforation: effects of time and NSAID use

BACKGROUND: Some people who suffer an upper gastrointestinal bleed or perforation die. The mortality rate was estimated at 12% in studies published before 1997, but a systematic survey of more recent data is needed. Better treatment is likely to have reduced mortality. An estimate of mortality is he...

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Autores principales: Straube, Sebastian, Tramèr, Martin R, Moore, R Andrew, Derry, Sheena, McQuay, Henry J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2698873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19500343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-9-41