title: Emergency department risk stratification in upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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?
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada. huma.ali@mail.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Huma
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Eddy
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barkan