Value of the Rockall score in predicting mortality from Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

• Main Authors: Wilfredo Ernesto Santiesteban Pupo (Author), René S. Borges Sandrino (Author), Enia Ramón Musibay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGB) has a worldwide incidence between 50 and 140 patients for every 100 000 inhabitants a year; the mortality varies from a country to another, but during the last decades in Cuba, it fluctuates between 4 and 10% i...