Scoring systems and risk assessment for upper gastrointestinal bleeding

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1137-1139

  Chʼng, Chin Lye ^a   Kingham, Jeremy G C ^a  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal haemorrhage; Mortality; Rebleeding; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

AGE; COMORBIDITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROCKALL SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034763693     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200110000-00002     Document Type: Article

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