Rockall Score (upper GI bleeding)

Rockall upper-GI-bleed score (Rockall 1996): age band, shock, and comorbidity, plus (post-endoscopy) the endoscopic diagnosis and stigmata of recent hemorrhage.

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Example

Age band
60-79
Shock
Tachycardia (HR>=100, SBP>=100)
Comorbidity
None
Endoscopic diagnosis
All other diagnoses
Stigmata of recent hemorrhage
Blood, adherent clot, or visible/spurting vessel
Use pre-endoscopy variant
No

Result: Complete Rockall 5-7: high risk; mortality 24.6-39.6% per Rockall 1996 Figure 2.

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What the result means

0-2
Low risk; mortality 0.1-0.4% per Rockall 1996 Figure 2.
3-4
Intermediate risk; mortality 5.3-11.2% per Rockall 1996 Figure 2.
5-7
High risk; mortality 24.6-39.6% per Rockall 1996 Figure 2.
8+
Very high risk; mortality >=40% per Rockall 1996 Figure 2.

What you enter

  • Age band (0 < 60 / 1 60-79 / 2 >= 80)
  • Shock (0 none / 1 tachycardia / 2 hypotension)
  • Comorbidity (0 none / 2 CHF-IHD / 3 renal-hepatic-failure or metastatic CA)
  • Endoscopic diagnosis (0 Mallory-Weiss / 1 other / 2 upper-GI malignancy)
  • Stigmata of recent hemorrhage (0 clean or dark spot / 2 blood, clot, or vessel)
  • Use pre-endoscopy variant (omits diagnosis and stigmata)
How this is calculated

Rockall TA, Logan RFA, Devlin HB, Northfield TC. Risk assessment after acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Gut. 1996;38(3):316-321. Read the source ↗

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