Performance of the Glasgow-Blatchford score in predicting clinical outcomes and intervention in hospitalized patients with upper GI bleeding

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 576-583

  Bryant, Robert V ^a   Kuo, Paul ^a   Williamson, Kate ^a   Yam, Chantelle ^a   Schoeman, Mark N ^a   Holloway, Richard H ^a   Nguyen, Nam Q ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

area under the curve; AUC; GBS; Glasgow Blatchford score; post E RS; post endoscopy Rockall score; Pre E RS; pre endoscopy Rockall score; receiver operating characteristic curve; ROC

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GLASGOW BLATCHFORD SCORE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AUC; GBS; GLASGOW-BLATCHFORD SCORE; POST-E RS; POST-ENDOSCOPY ROCKALL SCORE; PRE-E RS; PRE-ENDOSCOPY ROCKALL SCORE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; ROC;

AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALLORY-WEISS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMACH DISEASES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84884412951     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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