External validation of the Glasgow-Blatchford bleeding score and the Rockall score in the US setting

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 673-679

  Chandra, Subhash ^a   Hess, Erik P ^a   Agarwal, Dipti ^a   Nestler, David M ^a   Montori, Victor M ^a   Song, Louis M Wong Kee ^a   Wells, George A ^c   Stiell, Ian G ^b,c  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLASGOW BLATCHFORD BLEEDING SCORE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MELENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ROCKALL SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861855427     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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