Oakland Score (lower GI bleeding safe discharge)
Oakland lower-GI-bleed safe-discharge score (Oakland 2017): age, sex, prior LGIB admission, blood on DRE, heart rate, SBP, and hemoglobin banded; total <= 8 identifies the 95%-safe-discharge group.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Age
- 35 years
- Sex
- F
- Previous LGIB admission
- No
- Blood on digital rectal examination
- No
- Heart rate
- 65 bpm
- Systolic BP
- 165 mmHg
- Hemoglobin
- 17 g/dL
Result: Oakland 0 - safe for outpatient management (95% probability of safe discharge per Oakland 2017; cutoff endorsed by BSG 2019).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- <=8
- Safe for outpatient management; 95% probability of safe discharge per Oakland 2017 (cutoff endorsed by BSG 2019).
- >8
- Not in the safe-discharge band; inpatient assessment per Oakland 2017.
What you enter
- Age
- Sex
- Previous LGIB admission
- Blood on digital rectal examination
- Heart rate
- Systolic BP
- Hemoglobin
How this is calculated
Oakland K, Jairath V, Uberoi R, et al. Derivation and validation of a novel risk score for safe discharge after acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding: a modelling study. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017;2(9):635-643. Read the source ↗
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