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International prospective observational study of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage: Does weekend admission affect outcome?

Iain Murray, Harry R. Dalton, Adrian J. Stanley, Jing Hieng Ngu, Brian Maybin, Mahmoud Eid, Kenneth Grønkjær Madsen, Rozeta Abazi, Hamad Ashraf, Mohamed E. A. Abdelrahim,

United European Gastroenterology Journal · 2017 · 11 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

This multi-centre international study in large centres found no difference in demographics, comorbidity or haemodynamic stability and no increase in mortality for patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage out of hours.

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