Risk Factors for Adverse Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Sengupta N, Tapper E, Patwardhan V, Ketwaroo G, Thaker A, Leffler D, Feuerstein J. Risk Factors for Adverse Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2015, 90: 1021-1029. PMID: 26141075, PMCID: PMC4770256, DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.04.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecurrent lower gastrointestinal bleedingLower gastrointestinal bleedingCharlson Comorbidity Index scoreComorbidity Index scoreActive malignancyRisk factorsGastrointestinal bleedingAdverse outcomesMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regression modelsHigher Charlson Comorbidity Index scoresIndex scoreCox proportional hazards regression modelProportional hazards regression modelsBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterProspective observational studyHazards regression modelsAssociation of variablesRecurrent bleedingHospital dischargeConsecutive patientsHospital readmissionObservational studyMedical CenterMortality riskPatients