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A novel scoring system for prediction of esophageal varices in critically ill patients
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Patients with advanced systemic illness or critically ill patients may present with upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) bleeding which may need endoscopic intervention; however, this may expose them to unnecessary endoscopy. The aim was to validate a novel scoring system for risk...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5724407/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29263686 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEG.S144700 |