A simple risk score accurately predicts in-hospital mortality, length of stay, and cost in acute upper GI bleeding

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1215-1224

  Saltzman, John R ^a   Tabak, Ying P ^b   Hyett, Brian H ^a   Sun, Xiaowu ^b   Travis, Anne C ^a,b   Johannes, Richard S ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MedMined Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ACCURACY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIMS65 RISK SCORE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82755197751     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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