Use of glasgow-blatchford bleeding score reduces hospital stay duration and costs for patients with low-risk upper GI bleeding

Background and study aims: Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding is a frequent cause of hospitalization. Its severity may be assessed before endoscopy using the Glasgow-Blatchford Bleeding Score (GBS), a score validated to identify patients requiring clinical intervention. The aim of this study was...

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Main Authors: Girardin, Marc, Bertolini, David, Ditisheim, Saskia, Frossard, Jean-Louis, Giostra, Emiliano, Goossens, Nicolas, Morard, Isabelle, Nguyen-Tang, Thai, Spahr, Laurent, Vonlaufen, Alain, Hadengue, Antoine, Dumonceau, Jean-Marc
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: © Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4423275/