Does this patient have a severe upper gastrointestinal bleed?

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1072-1079

  Srygley, F Douglas ^a   Gerardo, Charles J ^a   Tran, Tony ^a   Fisher, Deborah A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; UREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MELENA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH LAVAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTESTINE; LAVAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MALE; MELENA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; THROMBOSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 84858207636     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.253     Document Type: Article

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