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ArticleThe Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy

Rebleeding in Variceal and Nonvariceal Gastrointestinal Bleeds in Cirrhotic Patients Using Vitamin K

Duane Bates, Jenny Edwards, Ashten Langevin, Adrian Abu-Ulba, Faizath Yallou, Ben Wilson, Sunita Ghosh

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Article in The Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. [Guidelines on the management of esophagogastric variceal bleeding in cirrhotic portal hypertension].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Duane Bates, BScPharm, ACPR, is a Clinical Pharmacist at the Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta.
Jenny Edwards, BScPharm, ACPR, PharmD, is a Clinical Pharmacist at the Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta.
Ashten Langevin, BSc, BScPharm, PharmD, is a Clinical Pharmacist at the Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta.
Adrian Abu-Ulba, BScPharm, PharmD, was, at the time of this study, a PharmD candidate with the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. He is a Clinical Pharmacist at the Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta.
Faizath Yallou, BScPharm, ACPR, is a Clinical Pharmacist at the Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta.
Ben Wilson, MD, FRCPC, is a Clinical Assistant Professor with the Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
Sunita Ghosh, PhD, PStat, is a Research Scientist with the Department of Experimental Oncology, Alberta Health Services-Cancer Control Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
Alberta Health Services · CAFoothills Medical Centre · CAUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGastroesophageal varices are the most common cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in patients with cirrhosis. Vitamin K

objectivesThe primary objective was to describe the incidence of rebleeding within 30 days after vitamin K

methodsThis retrospective, descriptive multicentre study involved patients with cirrhosis and UGIB who were admitted to any of the 4 adult acute care hospitals in Calgary, Alberta, from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2016. Patients were divided into 2 groups: those who received vitamin K

resultsA total of 370 patients met the inclusion criteria, of whom 243 received vitamin K

conclusionsThe study results suggest that vitamin K

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esophageal and gastric varicesgastrointestinal hemorrhageliver cirrhosisphytonadionevitamin K1

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PMID32109957
PMCPMC7023928
OpenAlexW3008835130

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