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• Srygley, FD (2012 Mar 14). "Does this patient have a severe upper gastrointestinal bleed?". JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association. 307 (10): 1072–9. PMID  22416103. {{ cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= ( help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) ( help)

-- Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 06:27, 20 April 2012 (UTC) reply

The ref use to justify giving iron in GI bleeds [1] is 1) a primary source 2) is about IBD and not GI bleeds. Please use secondary sources about the topic in question. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 01:40, 19 August 2013 (UTC) reply

... of PPI might be equivalent to infusions in high-risk bleeding ulcers doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.4056 JFW |  T@lk 11:46, 7 November 2014 (UTC) reply

doi:10.1111/bjh.14599 JFW |  T@lk 13:01, 14 March 2017 (UTC) reply