2018
Previous Use of Antithrombotic Agents Reduces Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay in Patients With High-risk Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Dunne P, Laursen SB, Laine L, Dalton HR, Ngu JH, Schultz M, Rahman A, Anderloni A, Murray IA, Stanley AJ. Previous Use of Antithrombotic Agents Reduces Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay in Patients With High-risk Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2018, 17: 440-447.e2. PMID: 29705263, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.04.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUpper gastrointestinal bleedingAnti-thrombotic agentsAnti-thrombotic drugsGlasgow-Blatchford scoreRockall scoreHospital stayGastrointestinal bleedingEndoscopic therapyAcute upper gastrointestinal bleedingAnesthesiologists classification scoreBleeding-related mortalityFull Rockall scoreMean hospital stayOutcomes of patientsHigher American SocietyLength of hospitalShorter hospital staySystolic blood pressureMean American SocietyFrequency of malignancyLevels of hemoglobinHigher mean American SocietyAmerican SocietyAIMS65 scoreAnesthesiologists classification
2017
Comparison of risk scoring systems for patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding: international multicentre prospective study
Stanley AJ, Laine L, Dalton HR, Ngu JH, Schultz M, Abazi R, Zakko L, Thornton S, Wilkinson K, Khor CJ, Murray IA, Laursen SB. Comparison of risk scoring systems for patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding: international multicentre prospective study. The BMJ 2017, 356: i6432. PMID: 28053181, PMCID: PMC5217768, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i6432.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUpper gastrointestinal bleedingRockall scoreGastrointestinal bleedingInternational multicentre prospective studyAdmission Rockall scoreFull Rockall scoreGlasgow-Blatchford scoreHigh-risk patientsMulticentre prospective studyAssessment of patientsPNED scoreHospital stayBlatchford scoreDay mortalityConsecutive patientsRisk patientsComposite endpointEndoscopic treatmentProspective studyClinical endpointsClinical utilityLower riskPatientsLarge hospitalsBleeding