Hiroyasu Iwasaki, Takaya Shimura, Tomonori Yamada, Miho Aoki, Satoshi Nomura, Atsunori Kusakabe, Hiroshi Kanie, Tesshin Ban, Katsumi Hayashi, Takashi Joh, Etsuro Orito
BACKGROUND: Patients with active upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) require urgent endoscopy, but appropriate criteria for urgent endoscopy in these patients have not yet been established. AIMS: The goal of this study is to establish a simple system for the selection of UGIB patients who may benefit from urgent endoscopy. METHODS: Of the 335 patients who required emergency hospitalization for UGIB from May 2010 to March 2012 at Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, 166 patients who underwent placement of a nasogastric tube (NGT) were retrospectively identified...
September 2013: Digestive Diseases and Sciences