Can the Presence of Endoscopic High-Risk Stigmata be Bredicted before Endoscopy? A Multivariable Analysis Using the RUGBE Database
Author(s) -
YenI Chen,
Jonathan Wyse,
Alan Barkun,
Marc Bardou,
Ian M. Gralnek,
Myriam Martel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.921
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 2291-2797
pISSN - 2291-2789
DOI - 10.1155/2014/245386
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagogastroduodenoscopy , endoscopy , retrospective cohort study , therapeutic endoscopy , gastroenterology , gastrointestinal bleeding , upper gastrointestinal bleeding , surgery
Many aspects in the management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding rely on pre-esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) stratification of patients likely to exhibit high-risk stigmata (HRS); however, data predicting the presence of HRS are lacking.
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