Blatchford Score Is Superior to AIMS65 Score in Predicting the Need for Clinical Interventions in Elderly Patients with Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed

Table 3

Performance of the scores in predicting the combined outcome of inpatient mortality, need for any intervention, readmission for rebleed within 30 days, and need for blood transfusion.

Score	Sensitivity %	Specificity %	PPV %	NPV %	AUROC (95% CI)
Blatchford score ≥2	97.5	25	79	81	0.80 (0.71–0.89)
AIMS65 score ≥2	68	64	83	43	0.68 (0.60–0.77)

PPV: positive predictive value. NPV: negative predictive value. AUROC: area under receiver-operator curve.