Admission Creatinine, Not Anticoagulant Class, Predicts In-Hospital Mortality in Anticoagulated Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
In a retrospective multicenter study of anticoagulated patients hospitalized with upper gastrointestinal bleeding, the specific class of anticoagulant did not predict in-hospital mortality or other clinical outcomes, whereas admission serum creatinine was identified as an independent predictor of death.