Glasgow-Blatschford Score Validation in Digestive Hemorrhage

University Hospital, Geneva208 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to validate the Glasgow-Blatchford score for the stratification of patients with upper gastro-intestinal hemorrhage. This score is easy to calculate. It is mainly based on the hemoglobin, blood pressure and blood urea. if the score is zero, the bleeding is very low risk and the gastrointestinal endoscopy may be delayed and performed as an outpatient.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

208

Conditions

Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Interventions

EndoscopyPROCEDURE

Realization of an upper GI endoscopy

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * To be admitted in the university hospital for a gastrointestinal hemorrhage (vomiting of red or black blood or melena) Exclusion Criteria: * Age under 18 * Pregnancy * Hemorrhage during hospitalisation * red rectal bleeding * No consent signed

Locations (1)

Geneva University Hospital

Geneva, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Comparison of length of stay between patients with score equal to zero and above zero

Time frame: june 2010

Secondary Outcomes

Determination of the proportion of low risk upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Time frame: june 2010

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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