Quick SOFA vs Rockall preendoscopy scores for risk assessment in patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a retrospective cohort study.

Vladimir Bagin Evgenii Tarasov Maria Astafyeva Evgenii Nishnevich Vladimir Rudnov Mikhail Prudkov

Published in: International journal of emergency medicine (2019)

An increase in the qSOFA score is associated with adverse outcomes in patients with NVUGB. The simple qSOFA score can be used to predict mortality in patients with NVUGB as an alternative when Rockall preendoscopy score is incomplete for which the comorbidity is unknown.

Keyphrases

risk assessment
risk factors
human health
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
climate change