Conference
Consensus recommendations for managing patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The management of patients with acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding has evolved substantially over the past 10 years amid a paucity of published consensus guidelines.
PURPOSE: To provide evidence-based management recommendations that address clinically relevant issues. REVIEW AND CONSENSUS PROCESSES: A multidisciplinary consensus group of 25 voting participants representing 11 national societies used a 7-step approach …
Authors
Barkun A; Bardou M; Marshall JK
Volume
139
Pagination
pp. 843-857
Publisher
American College of Physicians
Publication Date
November 18, 2003
DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-139-10-200311180-00012
Conference proceedings
Annals of Internal Medicine
Issue
10
ISSN
1056-8751