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

• Main Authors: Mohamed Tausif Siddiqui (Author), Mohammad Bilal (Author), Khwaja Fahad Haq (Author), Christopher Nabors (Author), Beth Schorr-Lesnick (Author), David C. Wolf (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...