Applicability of the Rockall score in patients undergoing endoscopic therapy for upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Dig Liver Dis
; 38(1): 12-7, 2006 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The Rockall score is used to assess the prognosis of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.AIM:
To assess the applicability of the Rockall score in patients undergoing endoscopic therapy for upper gastrointestinal bleeding.METHODS:
Retrospective evaluation of the Rockall score in the period 1995-2001. To evaluate the applicability of the Rockall system, two groups were created group I (RockallRESULTS:
Two hundred and twenty-two patients were included. The median age of patients was 65 +/ -17 years. Hypotension and associated diseases were present in 20 and 50% of patients, respectively. Re-bleeding occurred in 50 patients (23%) whose median score was 7, whereas the median score of patients without re-bleeding was 6 (p=0.14). There were 20 deaths (9%) with a median score of 8, whilst the median score of surviving patients was 6 (p<0.001). Sixteen patients in group I (18.4%) and 34 in group II (25.2%) re-bled (p=0.25). All the patients who died belong to group II with a Rockall score>or=6 (15% versus 0% in groups II and I, respectively, p<0.001).CONCLUSION:
The Rockall score can be used in patients who undergo therapeutic endoscopy for upper gastrointestinal bleeding to identify those with high risk for mortality.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Endoscopía Gastrointestinal
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Hemorragia Gastrointestinal
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dig Liver Dis
Asunto de la revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España