Open AccessEndoscopic findings in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding clinically classified into three risk groups prior to endoscopy
Author(s) -
Leonardo Tammaro,
M.C. Di Paolo,
Angelo Zullo,
Cesare Hassan,
Sergio Morini,
S. Caliendo,
L. Pallotta
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.5046
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopy , upper gastrointestinal bleeding , gastroenterology , prospective cohort study , therapeutic endoscopy , surgery , gastrointestinal bleeding
To investigate in a prospective study whether a simplified clinical score prior to endoscopy in upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) patients was able to predict endoscopic findings at urgent endoscopy.