Effectiveness of an upper-gastrointestinal haemorrhage unit: A prospective analysis of 900 consecutive cases using the Rockall score as a method of risk standardisation

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 487-494

  Sanders, David S ^a,b   Perry, Mike J ^a   Jones, Simon G W ^a   McFarlane, Elaine ^a   Johnson, Alan G ^a   Gleeson, Dermot C ^a   Lobo, Alan J ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DUODENAL ULCER; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 2342625954     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200405000-00009     Document Type: Article

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