Oakland Score for Predicting Safe Discharge and Major Risks After Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Samuel Lichtman Evans, MD

Karen Xiao, MD

Elias Youssef, MD, MBA

American Family Physician. 2025;112(2):200-202.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

SAMUEL LICHTMAN EVANS, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, Brooklyn, New York

KAREN XIAO, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, Brooklyn

ELIAS YOUSSEF, MD, MBA, Department of Emergency Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, Brooklyn

Address correspondence to Samuel Lichtman Evans, MD, samuellichtmanevans@gmail.com.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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This series is coordinated by Christopher W. Bunt, MD, AFP assistant medical editor, and the NNT Group.

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