TY - BOOK AU - Mahmoud Abdo Abdelalim Atalla AU - Gamal Hamed Ahmed , AU - Magdy Amin Elserafy , AU - Tamer Mahmoud Elbaz , TI - Triage of cirrhotic patients presenting with acute upper gastro-intestinal bleeding for intensive care unit admission based on risk factors for poor outcome / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mahmoud Abdo Abdelalim Atalla , KW - Cirrhosis KW - MELD score KW - Upper gastrointestinal bleeding N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Tropical Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Acute upper gastro-intestinal bleeding (UGIB) in cirrhotic patients is a serious event with significant morbidity and mortality. Risk stratification of these patients is warranted to prioritize their admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and subsequently saving the resources for high risk patients. This study was conducted to triage cirrhotic patients presenting with acute UGIB for ICU admission based on risk factors for poor outcome UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -