Concepedia

Differentiation between patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding who need early urgent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and those who do not. A prospective study

Adam Adamopoulos, Nikolaos M. Baibas, Stamatis P. Efstathiou, Dimitrios I. Tsioulos, Athanasios G. Mitromaras, Amalia A Tsami, Theodore D. Mountokalakis

European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology · 2003 · 80 citations · 16 references

Abstract

Simple clinical and laboratory variables available at presentation can be used to differentiate patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding who do not need an early urgent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy from those who do.

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Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Endoscopy, Interventional Endoscopic Ultrasound +5

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Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Minimally Invasive Procedure, Patient Safety +10

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Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Gastroenterology +4

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Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Gastroenterology +4

BLEED

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