Risk Factors for Mortality in Lower Intestinal Bleeding

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1004-1010

  Strate, Lisa L ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^b   Kotler, Gregory ^b   Syngal, Sapna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMORRHOID; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POLYP; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOVOLEMIA; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 50949133905     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Angtuaco T.L., Reddy S.K., Drapkin S., et al. The utility of urgent colonoscopy in the evaluation of acute lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding: a 2-year experience from a single center. Am J Gastroenterol 96 (2001) 1782-1785
2. Browder W., Cerise E.J., and Litwin M.S. Impact of emergency angiography in massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Ann Surg 204 (1986) 530-536
3. Chaudhry V., Hyser M.J., Gracias V.H., et al. Colonoscopy: the initial test for acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Am Surg 64 (1998) 723-728
4. Das A., Ben-Menachem T., Cooper G.S., et al. Prediction of outcome in acute lower-gastrointestinal haemorrhage based on an artificial neural network: internal and external validation of a predictive model. Lancet 362 (2003) 1261-1266
5. Leitman I.M., Paull D.E., and Shires III G.T. Evaluation and management of massive lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Ann Surg 209 (1989) 175-180
6. Longstreth G.F. Epidemiology and outcome of patients hospitalized with acute lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage: a population-based study. Am J Gastroenterol 92 (1997) 419-424
7. McGuire H.H. Bleeding colonic diverticula: a reappraisal of natural history and management. Ann Surg 220 (1994) 653-656
8. Richter J.M., Christensen M.R., Kaplan L.M., et al. Effectiveness of current technology in the diagnosis and management of lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Gastrointest Endosc 41 (1995) 93-98
9. Strate L.L., Saltzman J.R., Ookubo R., et al. Validation of a clinical prediction rule for severe acute lower intestinal bleeding. Am J Gastroenterol 100 (2005) 1821-1827
10. Schmulewitz N., Fisher D.A., and Rockey D.C. Early colonoscopy for acute lower GI bleeding predicts shorter hospital stay: a retrospective study of experience in a single center. Gastrointest Endosc 58 (2003) 841-846
11. (NIS) HNIS. HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS). Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) (2002), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/nisoverview.jsp Accessed 8 Nov 2004
12. Birkmeyer J.D., Siewers A.E., Finlayson E.V., et al. Hospital volume and surgical mortality in the United States. N Engl J Med 346 (2002) 1128-1137
13. Davis M.M., Slish K., Chao C., et al. National trends in bariatric surgery, 1996-2002. Arch Surg 141 (2006) 71-75
14. Finlayson E.V., Goodney P.P., and Birkmeyer J.D. Hospital volume and operative mortality in cancer surgery: a national study. Arch Surg 138 (2003) 721-726
15. Sandler R.S., Everhart J.E., Donowitz M., et al. The burden of selected digestive diseases in the United States. Gastroenterology 122 (2002) 1500-1511
16. Deyo R.A., Cherkin D.C., and Ciol M.A. Adapting a clinical comorbidity index for use with ICD-9-CM administrative databases. J Clin Epidemiol 45 (1992) 613-619
17. Kewenter J., Hellzen-Ingemarsson A., Kewenter G., et al. Diverticular disease and minor rectal bleeding. Scand J Gastroenterol 20 (1985) 922-924
18. Velayos F.S., Williamson A., Sousa K.H., et al. Early predictors of severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding and adverse outcomes: a prospective study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2 (2004) 485-490
19. Cooper G.S., Chak A., Harper D.L., et al. Care of patients with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in academic medical centers: a community-based comparison. Gastroenterology 111 (1996) 385-390
20. Strate L.L., Orav E.J., and Syngal S. Early predictors of severity in acute lower intestinal tract bleeding. Arch Intern Med 163 (2003) 838-843