하부 위장관 출혈 환자의 입원 경과와 관련이 있는 초기 임상 지표 = Early Clinical Index of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding related with Hospital Course

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■ Objectives The clinical course of lower gastrointestinal bleeding is variable and sometimes, it is difficult to identify the causative disease and predict hospital outcome. We performed this study to know which clinical information available at emergency room was related with hospital course.
■ Methods and materials Forty-eight patients who visited emergency room for lower gastrointestinal bleeding from 1991 to 2000 were retrospectively devided into 2 groups, critical and stable, according to the hospital course, and we compared the clinical parameters of both groups.
■ Results Male sex, malignant disease, liver cirrhosis, premorbid illness score. packed cell transfusion, organ failure index, hemoglobin, hematocrit, albumin, prothrombin time, total bilirubin, and serum sodium showed significant difference between both groups.
■ Conclusions Clinical information from the patients of lower gastrointestinal bleeding at emergency room was related with hospital course, so clinically it may be used as prognostic index.