Copyright
©2008 The WJG Press and Baishideng. All rights reserved.
World J Gastroenterol. Jul 7, 2008; 14(25): 4047-4053
Published online Jul 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4047
Published online Jul 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4047
Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in octogenarians: Clinical outcome and factors related to mortality
George J Theocharis, Konstantinos C Thomopoulos, Vassiliki N Nikolopoulou, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Patras 26504, Greece
Stelios F Assimakopoulos, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Patras 26504, Greece
Vassiliki Arvaniti, Vassilis Xourgias, Irini Mylonakou, Department of Gastroenterology, “Tzaneio” General Hospital, Piraeus 18532, Greece
Author contributions: Theocharis GJ, Arvaniti V, Xourgias V and Mylonakou I acquired the data; Theocharis GJ performed the statistical analysis and wrote the paper; Assimakopoulos SF and Thomopoulos KC revised the paper; Nikolopoulou VN supervised this study.
Correspondence to: Stelios F Assimakopoulos, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Vironos 18, Patras 26224, Greece. sassim@upatras.gr
Telephone: +30-2610-346946
Fax: +30-2610-990775
Received: March 23, 2008
Revised: May 20, 2008
Accepted: May 27, 2008
Published online: July 7, 2008
Revised: May 20, 2008
Accepted: May 27, 2008
Published online: July 7, 2008
Core Tip