Login / Signup

The Shock Index is not accurate at predicting outcomes in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Eliana SaffouriClare BlackwellStig Borbjerg LaursenLoren LaineHarry R DaltonJing NguMichael ShultzRebecca NortonAdrian J Stanley
Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2019)
The Shock Index performed poorly with AUROCs <0.66 and was inferior to existing pre-endoscopy scores at predicting major clinical endpoints after UGIB. We found no clear evidence that the Shock Index is clinically useful at predicting outcomes in UGIB. [Correction added on 20 December 2019, after first online publication: Summary section has been changed for clarification.].
Keyphrases
  • social media
  • high resolution
  • healthcare
  • adipose tissue
  • mass spectrometry
  • skeletal muscle
  • small bowel