Validity of modified early warning, Glasgow Blatchford, and pre-endoscopic Rockall scores in predicting prognosis of patients presenting to emergency department with upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bozkurt, Seyran ^a   Köse, Ataman ^a   Arslan, Engin Deniz ^b   Erdoğan, Semra ^a   Üçbilek, Enver ^a   Çevik, Ibrahim ^a   Ayrik, Cüneyt ^a   Sezgin, Orhan ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Scores; Upper gastrointestinal system bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84953385510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-015-0194-z     Document Type: Article

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