ABC score: a new risk score that accurately predicts mortality in acute upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding: an international multicentre study
Laursen SB, Oakland K, Laine L, Bieber V, Marmo R, Redondo-Cerezo E, Dalton HR, Ngu J, Schultz M, Soncini M, Gralnek I, Jairath V, Murray IA, Stanley AJ. ABC score: a new risk score that accurately predicts mortality in acute upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding: an international multicentre study. Gut 2020, 70: 707-716. PMID: 32723845, DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2019-320002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLower gastrointestinal bleedingABC scoreLower riskHigher ABC scoresGastrointestinal bleedingRisk scoreMortality rateHospital mortality rateInternational cohort studyManagement of patientsNew risk scoreInternational multicentre studyLower ABC scoreLGIB patientsUGIB patientsComorbidity scoreCohort studyMulticentre studyBlood testsValidation cohortDevelopment cohortLGIBUGIBHigh riskPatients