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Multiple studies have evaluated various scoring systems to predict the outcome of patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB). Recent comparisons between Rockall scores — including both pre-endoscopy scores and postendoscopy (complete) scores — and the Glasgow-Blatchford score (GBS), which does not require endoscopy, have suggested that these three scores all have predictive value.
To further compare the ability of these scores to predict outcomes, investigators prospectively collected data from patients who presented with UGIB at four hospitals in the U.K. Some data were collected retrospectively from one hospital. Therapy was provided according to existing guidelines but varied somewhat when different protocols were us…