Prospective validation of the Glasgow Blatchford scoring system in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the emergency department

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 448-455

  Köksal, Özlem ^a   Özeren, Gülden ^a   Özdemir, Fatma ^a   Armaǧan, Erol ^a   Aydin, Şule ^a   Ayyildiz, Talat ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Glasgow blatchford scoring system; Upper gastrointestinal system bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW BLATCHFORD SCORING SYSTEM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VALIDATION STUDY;

DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 84871109038     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2012.0385     Document Type: Article

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