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Intravenous proton pump inhibitors prior to endoscopy in suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Eddy S. Lang
Eddy S. Lang*
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
*
Emergency Department, SMBD Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Ste. Catherine, Montréal QC H3T 1E2; eddy.lang@mcgill.ca

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Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , May 2008 , pp. 244 - 246
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2008

References

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