Jorge Espinoza Ríos, Jorge Huerta-Mercado Tenorio, Jorge Huerta-Mercado Tenorio, Mayra Lindo Ricce, Carlos García Encinas, Sathya Rios Matteucci, Sandro Vila Gutierrez, José Pinto Valdivia, Raúl De Los Rios Senmache, Alejandro Piscoya Rivera, Alejandro Bussalleu Rivera
INTRODUCTION: The present study intends to validate the Rockall Score in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGB) in our current medical setting and to find the value that best discriminates between patients with high or low risk of mortality, rebleeding and the need of more than two units of packed red blood cells (PRBC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive prospective study was made from patients who arrived to Cayetano Heredia Hospital's emergency department between February 2007 and January 2008 due to UGB symptoms (hematemesis, coffe ground remit melena or hematoquezia)...
April 2009: Revista de Gastroenterología del Perú: órgano Oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú