Selected nasogastric lavage in patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Eun Jeong GongLi-Chang HsingHyun Il SeoMyeongsook SeoBaek Gyu JunJong Kyu ParkSang Jin LeeKoon Hee HanYoung Don KimWoo Jin JeongGab Jin CheonMin-Ju Kim

Published in: BMC gastroenterology (2021)

Nasogastric lavage is useful for predicting the presence of UGIB in a subgroup of patients, while its clinical utility is limited in high-risk patients with a GBS of 12 or more.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
clinical trial