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Clinical utility of the Glasgow Blatchford Score in patients presenting to the emergency department with upper gastrointestinal bleeding: A retrospective cohort study

K. Ryan, E. Malacova, M. Appleyard, A. Brown, Lisa Song, F. Grimpen

Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2021

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Abstract

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common presentation to EDs. Limited Australian data are available. Study aims were to assess mortality and re‐bleeding rates in patients presenting with UGIB as risk‐stratified by the Glasgow Blatchford Score (GBS).

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