Comparison of risk scores for predicting adverse outcomes in acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding is a common emergency in gastroenterology. Currently, there is insufficient information to predict adverse outcomes in patients with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Our study aimed to compare the effectiveness of the clinical risk scores currently utilized and their ability to predict significant outcomes in lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

Methods

We conducted a prognostic study of patients hospitalized for acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding who underwent colonoscopy or angiography at a single-center hospital between January 2015 and October 2023. Adverse outcomes associated with ALGIB included rebleeding, blood transfusion, hemostatic interventions, and in-hospital death. We calculated three risk scores at admission

SUBMITTER: Li C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620128 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature