Accurate triage of lower gastrointestinal bleed (LGIB) - A cohort study

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue , 2016, Pages 19-23

  Chong, Vincent ^a   Hill, Andrew G ^a,b   MacCormick, Andrew D ^a,b  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal haemorrhage; Lower gastrointestinal tract; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALBUMIN; DABIGATRAN; HEMOGLOBIN; WARFARIN; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN A; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLAPSE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THROMBOCYTE; VAGINA BLEEDING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ASPIRIN; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOGLOBIN A; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRIAGE;

EID: 84959124644     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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