Comparison of three different risk scoring systems in non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 271-277

  Camellini, L ^a,c   Merighi, A ^a   Pagnini, C ^a   Azzolini, F ^a   Guazzetti, S ^b   Scarcelli, A ^a   Manenti, F ^a   Rigo, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Public Health Service   (Italy)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mortality; Rebleeding; Risk scoring; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VALIDATION PROCESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 3543138287     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2003.10.017     Document Type: Article

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