Upper gastrointestinal bleeding risk scores: who, when and why?

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) remains a significant cause of hospital admission. In order to stratify patients according to the risk of the complications, such as rebleeding or death, and to predict the need of clinical intervention, several risk scores have been proposed and their use cons...

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Main Author: Monteiro, Sara (author)
Other Authors: Gonçalves, Tiago Cúrdia (author), Magalhães, Joana (author), Cotter, José (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/47054
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/47054