Do predictors of mortality in upper gastrointestinal bleeding include a weekend time of admission?

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Alan N Barkun. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Mar.

. 2009 Mar;7(3):257-8.

doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.12.013. Epub 2008 Dec 24.

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