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

Table 4

Performance of the scores in predicting inpatient mortality or need for an urgent intervention to control bleeding.

Score	Sensitivity %	Specificity %	PPV %	NPV %	AUROC (95% CI)
Blatchford score ≥2	100	9	6.6	100	0.56 (0.34–0.70)
AIMS65 score ≥2	70	41.5	6	92.7	0.52 (0.36–0.67)

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