Sunday, August 21, 2011

BLEED Criteria for UGIB and LGIB



Conclusion:
The BLEED classification, applied at initial emergency department evaluation and before admission, predicts hospital outcomes for patients with acute upper or lower GI hemorrhage. This outcome prediction tool also identified variations in intensive care utilization between two hospitals.

Source:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9233736

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