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ORBIT score: an useful predictor of small bowel rebleeding in patients under chronic anticoagulation.

Tiago Cúrdia GonçalvesCátia ArieiraSara MonteiroBruno Joel RosaMaria João MoreiraJosé Cotter
Published in: Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology (2017)
In patients presenting with suspected small bowel bleeding and on chronic anticoagulation, the new ORBIT score seems promising in identifying those with a higher risk of rebleeding, in whom a closer follow-up and a more aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic strategy is advisable.
Keyphrases
  • small bowel
  • atrial fibrillation
  • end stage renal disease
  • venous thromboembolism
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • chronic kidney disease
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • prognostic factors