UK Upper GI Bleeding Audit

UK Comparative Audit of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding and the Use of Blood

The reports for the UK audit of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and the use of blood are now finished, and all consultant leads for participating hospitals should receive an email copy of their report by Friday 14th December. If you were involved in the audit and have not received a copy by this date, please contact Dr Sarah Hearnshaw or Mr John Grant-Casey (details below).

We present here the generic report from "St Elsewhere's NHS Trust":

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Analysis is ongoing and the project group hope to present and publish additional findings soon.

For further information, or if you would like additional copies (electronic or paper) of the audit report for your hospital, please contact:

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Related Literature

• Gut article: 'Influencing the practice and outcome in acute upper gastrointesinal haemorrhage' [ 164 Kb ]
  Rockall TA, Logan RFA, Devlin HB and Northfield TC. Gut 1997; 41; 606-611.
• Lancet article: 'Selection of patients for early discharge or outpatient care after acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage' [ 678 Kb ]
  Rockall TA, Logan RFA, Devlin HB and Northfield TC. The Lancet 1996; 347; 9009.

Last updated 11th December 2007

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