A Prospective, Multicenter Study of the AIMS65 Score Compared with the Glasgow-Blatchford Score in Predicting Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Outcomes

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 464-469

  Abougergi, Marwan S ^a   Charpentier, Joseph P ^b   Bethea, Emily ^a   Rupawala, Abbas ^b   Kheder, Joan ^b   Nompleggi, Dominic ^b   Liang, Peter ^a   Travis, Anne C ^a   Saltzman, John R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

mortality; prognosis; severity of illness index; upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIMS65 SCORE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW BLATCHFORD SCORE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMACH VARICES; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; ROC CURVE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84975774478     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000395     Document Type: Article

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