Management of patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage before and after the adoption of the Rockall score, in the Italian Gastroenterology Units

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 543-547

  Soncini, Marco ^a   Triossi, Omero ^b   Leo, Pietro ^c   Magni, Giovanna ^d   Bertelè, Anna Maria ^e   Grasso, Tiziana ^f   Ferraris, Luca ^g   Caruso, Stefano ^h   Spadaccini, Antonio ⁱ   Brambilla, Gianfranco ^j   Verta, Mario ^c   Muratori, Rosangela ^k   Attinà, Antonio ^l   Grasso, Gianalberto ^m  

^a SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLE CROCI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d QBGROUP spa   (Italy)

^e Parma Hospital   (Italy)

^f S Maurizio Hospital   (Italy)

^g Azienda Ospedaliera S Antonio Abate di Gallarate   (Italy)

^h Legnano Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ S Pio da Pietrelcina Hospital   (Italy)

^j Crema Hospital   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^l Gastroenterology   (Italy)

^m Angera Hospital   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Clinical management; Nonvariceal upper gastroinestinal hemorrhage; Rockall score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DUODENAL ULCER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 34250156708     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3281532b89     Document Type: Article

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