Risk assessment after acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Gut

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 316-321

  Rockall, T A ^a   Logan, R F A ^b   Devlin, H B ^b   Northfield, T C ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal haemorrhage; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0029866465     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.38.3.316     Document Type: Article

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