Observational study of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in elderly patients given selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors or conventional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

OBJECTIVE: To compare rates of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage among elderly patients given selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX 2) inhibitors and non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). DESIGN: Observational cohort study. SETTING: Administrative data from Ontario, Canada, used...

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Main Authors: Mamdani, Muhammad, Rochon, Paula A, Juurlink, David N, Kopp, Alex, Anderson, Geoffrey M, Naglie, Gary, Austin, Peter C, Laupacis, Andreas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ 2002
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC126302/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12242172
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