National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in adults (QS38)
Quality standard · Tier 1, UK official · UK · 2013-07-30
Current — checked with the publisher on 2026-09-01
What this platform has drawn from it — 1 claim
- NICE quality standard QS38 states that people with variceal acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding are prone to infection, that infection adversely affects renal function and commonly precipitates hepatorenal failure, and that early antibiotic therapy reduces these risks.
Quality statement 6, Rationale
read on Variceal bleeding
How this record was checked, and what is doubtful about it
Quality statement 6 fetched and read. Its 'Source guidance' line still points to live CG141 recommendation 1.5.2, which independently corroborates that CG141 1.5.2 is current.
Verification: verified · last accessed 2026-09-01 · status checked against https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs38