Does Preendoscopy Rockall Score Safely Identify Low Risk Patients following Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage?

Table 2

Outcomes and interventions.

		Number of cases (%)
Total		388 (100)
Outcomes	Intervention required	181 (46.6%)
	Death within 30 days	18 (4.6%)
	Rebleeding within 14 days	23 (5.9%)
Interventions	Blood transfusion	147 (37.9%)
	Endoscopic intervention	75 (19.3%)
	Surgery	8 (2.1%)
Endoscopic intervention by type	Injection (adrenaline followed by ethanolamine)	55 (14.2%)
	Endoclip	16 (4.1%)
	Banding	5 (1.3%)
	Argon plasma coagulation	3 (0.8%)
	Injection (unspecified)	1 (0.3%)

Data are from 388 patients admitted with upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage over 5 years (2006–2011).