A risk score to predict need for treatment for upper-gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9238, 2000, Pages 1318-1321

  Blatchford, Oliver ^a,c   Murray, William R ^b   Blatchford, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Hawkhead Rd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034649058     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02816-6     Document Type: Article

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