title: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: what's the score?
abstract: Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage (UGIH) is a common medical emergency. Recent publications have emphasised the need for early risk assessment of patients with this condition to help direct management. Several risk scores have been developed for UGIH and are variably used in clinical practice. In this article, we discuss the various risk scoring systems for this condition and summarise the available evidence for their use.
authors.affiliation: GI Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Stanley
mesh_terms: D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012606:Scotland; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D041742:Upper Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000473:pathology