Seasonal Impacts on the Incidence of Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage: A Nationwide Analysis across a Decade

Background/Aims Seasonal variation has previously been reported in relation to the incidence of non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding; however, the impact of seasonal variation on variceal bleeding is not known. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study using the Nationwide Inpatient Sampl...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Tausif Siddiqui, Mohammad Bilal, Khwaja Fahad Haq, Christopher Nabors, Beth Schorr-Lesnick, David C. Wolf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2020-03-01
Series:Clinical Endoscopy
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Online Access:http://www.e-ce.org/upload/pdf/ce-2019-094.pdf