Relevance of the rockall score in patients undergoing endoscopic therapy for peptic ulcer haemorrhage

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1149-1152

  Church, Nick I ^a   Palmer, Kelvin R ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopic therapy; Peptic ulcer haemorrhage; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PEPTIC ULCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROCKALL SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOCK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS; DUODENAL ULCER; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 0034764987     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200110000-00005     Document Type: Article

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