Rockall scoring system is used for the assessment of:
High-Yield Explanation
Scoring tools Identifies patients with nonvariceal UGI bleeding at greatest risk for moality and rebleeding. Pre-endoscopy scoring systems for nonvariceal bleeding Blatchford Score The Clinical Rockall Score Aificial neural network score. The Blatchford Score uses Blood pressure, BUN level, Hemoglobin level Hea rate Syncope Melena Liver disease Hea failure The clinical Rockall Score Uses: Age Shock Coexisting illnesses The aificial neural network instrument uses 21 clinical variables The most commonly used post endoscopy scoring system is -Complete Rockall Score The Complete Rockall Score includes The Clinical Rockall Score + endoscopic findings. It correlates well with moality but not with the risk for rebleeding. Ref: Sleisenger and Fordtran's, E-9, P-293.