NSAID "SCORE" questionnaire accurately predicts risk of GI bleed for 16 analgesics.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
NSAID "SCORE" QUESTIONNAIRE PREDICTS RISK OF GI BLEED with almost 95% accuracy, according to SCORE developers, Gurkipal Singh, MD, et al., Stanford University School of Medicine. The Stanford Calculator of Risk of Events (SCORE) for physicians and other caregivers is a computerized predictor of the risk of stomach damage and gastrointestinal bleeding in patients who are considering taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on a chronic basis. The researchers also devised a paper questionnaire for patients.
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