Research Article
Does Preendoscopy Rockall Score Safely Identify Low Risk Patients following Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage?
| Clinical feature | | |
| Presenting symptom | Melaena | 299 (77.1%) | Fresh haematemesis | 67 (17.3%) | Coffee ground haematemesis | 96 (24.7%) | Unspecified haematemesis | 14 (3.6%) |
| Syncope | | 46 (11.9%) |
| Symptom duration | <24 hours | 205 (52.8%) | 1–7 days | 120 (30.9%) | >7 days | 63 (16.2%) |
| Admission medication | PPI | 175 (45.1%) | NSAID (including aspirin) | 286 (73.7%) | Anticoagulant | 55 (14.1%) (50 warfarin) |
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