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Gastrointestinal bleeding

Trends in gastrointestinal bleeding: top down and bottom up!

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 6, pages 632–633 (2009)Cite this article

Advances in gastroenterology, including the introduction of PPIs, effective therapies for Helicobacter pylori infection, and endoscopic intervention, have promised to improve the incidence and outcomes of gastrointestinal bleeding and perforation. However, have these improvements been borne out in clinical practice?

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  1. K. Ragunath, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, NIHR Biomedical Research Unit, Queens Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK k.ragunath@nottingham.ac.uk

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    Venkataraman Subramanian & Krish Ragunath

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Subramanian, V., Ragunath, K. Trends in gastrointestinal bleeding: top down and bottom up!. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 6, 632–633 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2009.178

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