Short-term mortality after perforated or bleeding peptic ulcer among elderly patients: a population-based cohort study

BACKGROUND: Mortality after perforated and bleeding peptic ulcer increases with age. Limited data exist on how the higher burden of comorbidity among elderly patients affects this association. We aimed to examine the association of age with short-term mortality after perforated and bleeding peptic u...

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Autores principales: Christensen, Steffen, Riis, Anders, Nørgaard, Mette, Sørensen, Henrik T, Thomsen, Reimar W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3225863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17439661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-7-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3225863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17439661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-7-8

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