Garrigues Gil V, Ponce García J, Martínez Salazar F, Pertejo Pastor V, Sala Felis T, Berenguer Lapuerta J
Servicio de Medicina Digestiva, Hospital La Fe, Valencia.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 1990 Nov;78(5):272-7.
The prognosis of 189 patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding was studied with the assistance of a computer. The safety of the prognosis given by the doctor was partially improved with the computer. However, when both judgements were simultaneously considered, the best results were obtained. A scoring-system constructed with simple clinical data proved useful to obtain prognostic judgements with high sensitivity and specificity. It is concluded that the reliability of the prognosis given in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding can be improved with objective methods. The improvement is maximal if objective information is evaluated together with clinical information.
