Open AccessExcess Long-Term Mortality following Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Colin Crooks,
Tim Card,
Joe West
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001437
Subject(s) - medicine , bleed , population , incidence (geometry) , cohort , upper gastrointestinal bleeding , gastrointestinal bleeding , relative risk , cohort study , cause of death , absolute risk reduction , standardized mortality ratio , cumulative incidence , gastroenterology , surgery , confidence interval , disease , endoscopy , physics , optics , environmental health
Colin Crooks and colleagues studied patient outcomes in the 5 years after a non-variceal bleed and found an increased risk of all causes of death, over half of which were due to non-gastrointestinal causes.
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