Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 108-114 , January 2009

Outpatient Management of Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: Unexpected Mortality in Medicare Beneficiaries

Presented in part at Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, California, May 21, 2008, and published in abstract form in Gastroenterology 2008;134:A730.

  • Gregory S. Cooper

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Gregory S. Cooper, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Wearn 247, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-5066. Phone: (216) 844-5386; fax: (216) 983-0347
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  • Tzyung Doug Kou
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  • Richard C.K. Wong

Received 19 June 2008 ,Accepted 18 September 2008.

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 The authors disclose the following: Supported in part by a Research and Outcomes and Effectiveness Award from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. The sponsor had no role in the design, conduct, or reporting of the results.

PII: S0016-5085(08)01699-5

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.09.030

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 108-114 , January 2009

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