Performance of new thresholds of the glasgow blatchford score in managing patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 115-121.e2

  Laursen, Stig B ^a   Dalton, Harry R ^b   Murray, Iain A ^c   Michell, Nick ^b   Johnston, Matt R ^d   Schultz, Michael ^e   Hansen, Jane M ^a   Schaffalitzky de Muckadell, Ove B ^a   Blatchford, Oliver ^f   Stanley, Adrian J ^g   Baines, Chelsea ^h   Benson, George ^h   Cahill, Aidan ^h   Fawcett, Emily ^h   Fesaitu, Terry ^h   García, Jose A ^h   Gaya, Daniel R ^h   Hare, Nicola ^h   Hussaini, Hyder ^h   Leung, Hin ^h   McLaughlin, Cara ^h   McLeod, Peter ^h   Murray, William R ^h   Norton, Heather ^h   O'Donnell, Nathan ^h   Park, Jeong Yoon ^h   Salleh, Adibah ^h   Warshow, Usama ^h   Zhang, Wei ^h   more..

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal bleeding; Management; Outpatient; Prognosis; UGIH

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GLASGOW BLATCHFORD SCORE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916940855     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15427714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2014.07.023     Document Type: Article

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