Clinical triage decision vs risk scores in predicting the need for endotherapy in upper gastrointestinal bleeding

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-134

  Farooq, Farees T ^a,b   Lee, Michael H ^b   Das, Ananya ^c   Dixit, Rahul ^b   Wong, Richard C K ^b  

^a Gastro One   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLATCHFORD RISK SCORE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROCKALL RISK SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 81755177571     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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