Proposed risk stratification in upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage: Is hospitalisation essential?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-40

  Courtney, A E ^a   Mitchell, R M S ^a   Rocke, L ^a   Johnston, B T ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0842264763     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.012328     Document Type: Article

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