Modified N score is helpful for identifying patients who need endoscopic intervention among those with black stools without hematemesis.
Nobuhito ItoKohei FunasakaToshihisa FujiyoshiKazuhiro FurukawaNaomi KakushimaSatoshi FuruneEri IshikawaYasuyuki MizutaniTsunaki SawadaKeiko MaedaTakuya IshikawaTakeshi YamamuraEizaburo OhnoMasanao NakamuraHiroki KawashimaRyoji MiyaharaYoshiki HirookaJun-Ichi HarutaMitsuhiro FujishiroPublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2022)
Our modified N score, which consists of only four factors, can identify patients who need endoscopic intervention among those with black stools without hematemesis.