Outcome predictors in acute surgical admissions for lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1020-1026

  Newman, J ^a   Fitzgerald, J E F ^a   Gupta, S ^a   von Roon, A C ^a,b   Sigurdsson, H H ^a   Allen Mersh, T G ^a,b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lower gastrointestinal bleeding; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMORRHOID; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AREA UNDER CURVE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84864354676     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02824.x     Document Type: Article

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