Triage of patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding for intensive care unit admission based on risk factors for poor outcome

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 281-285

  Afessa, Bekele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal bleeding; Hepatic cirrhosis; Intensive care unit admission; Patient outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIAGE;

EID: 0034127936     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200004000-00015     Document Type: Article

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