Identifying Emergency Department Patients at Low Risk for a Variceal Source of Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

ConclusionAlthough this derivation study must be externally validated before widespread use, patients presenting to the ED with an acute UGIB with platelets of greater than 200,000/uL and an INR less than 1.3 may be at very low risk for a variceal source of their upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Academic Emergency Medicine - August 1, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Lauren R. Klein, Joel Money, Kaveesh Maharaj, Aaron Robinson, Tarissa Lai, Brian E. Driver Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research