Prospective Assessment of the Rockall Risk ScoringSystem in Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Prospective Assessment of the Rockall Risk ScoringSystem in Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

This study aimed to Assess the validity of the Rockall score for the prediction of rebleeding and death in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

This present study aimed to evaluate:

Assess the validity of the Rockall score for the prediction of rebleeding and death in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

1- Technical Design: The technical design included research design, setting, subject and tools for data collection.

Research design:

A descriptive exploratory design was followed to achieve the aim of the study. Study setting: This study was conducted between Tropical department in AinShams university and Gastroenterology and Hepatology department in TheodorBilharz Research Institute.

Sample size: EPI - INFO program version 6 was used for sample size calculation guided by power of the test = 80% - confidence level =95% and accepted margin of error = 5% and risk ratio = 5.5 - total sample minimum accepted = 50 This study included 50 recipients and done Tropical department in Ain Shams university and Gastroenterology and Hepatology department in .

Theodore Bilharz Research Institute

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult Egyptian patients.
• Patients with acute upper G.I hemorrhage.
• Informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refuse to participate in this study.