Huma Ali1, Eddy Lang, Alan Barkan. 1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada. huma.ali@mail.mcgill.ca
Abstract
CLINICAL QUESTION: What clinical features, compiled as a risk stratification tool, identify patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding that can be safely managed and investigated in an outpatient setting? ARTICLE CHOSEN: Stanley AJ, Ashley D, Dalton HR. Outpatient management of patients with low-risk upper-gastrointestinal hemorrhage: multicentre validation and prospective evaluation. Lancet 2009;373:42-7. OBJECTIVE: To validate the Glasgow-Blatchford Bleeding Score, a risk stratification tool for upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
CLINICAL QUESTION: What clinical features, compiled as a risk stratification tool, identify patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding that can be safely managed and investigated in an outpatient setting? ARTICLE CHOSEN: Stanley AJ, Ashley D, Dalton HR. Outpatient management of patients with low-risk upper-gastrointestinal hemorrhage: multicentre validation and prospective evaluation. Lancet 2009;373:42-7. OBJECTIVE: To validate the Glasgow-Blatchford Bleeding Score, a risk stratification tool for upper gastrointestinal bleeding.