Blatchford scoring system is a useful scoring system for detecting patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding who do not need endoscopic intervention

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1404-1408

  Masaoka, Tatsuhiro ^a   Suzuki, Hidekazu ^a   Hori, Shingo ^a   Aikawa, Naoki ^a   Hibi, Toshifumi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blatchford score; Emergency endoscopy; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLATCHFORD SCORING SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 34547972009     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04762.x     Document Type: Article

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