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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...

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Autores principales: Hanafy, Amr Shaaban, Badawi, Rehab, Basha, Mohammad Abdelkhalik Atia, Selim, Amal, Yousef, Mohamed, Elnawasany, Sally, Mansour, Loai, Elkhouly, Reham Abdelkader, Hawash, Nehad, Abd-Elsalam, Sherief
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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