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| Glasgow Blatchford Score for Gastrointestinal Bleeding |
The EBMcalc module Glasgow Blatchford Score for Gastrointestinal Bleeding is available in EBMcalc Complete Edition.
This calculator evaluates the following Clinical Criteria:
- Blood Urea Nitrogen
- Hemoglobin
- Systolic BP
- Heart rate ≥100 per minute
- Melena at presentation
- Syncope at presentation
- Hepatic disease present
- Cardiac failure present
References
- Kowdley KV, Irani S. ACP Journal Club. The Glasgow-Blatchford Bleeding Score identified patients with upper GI bleeding who could be managed as outpatients. Ann Intern Med. 2009 May 19;150(10):JC5-14. PubMed ID: 19451570
- Blatchford O, Murray WR, Blatchford M. A risk score to predict need for treatment for upper-gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Lancet. 2000 Oct 14;356(9238):1318-21. PubMed ID: 11073021
- Stanley AJ, Ashley D, Dalton HR, et al. Outpatient management of patients with low-risk upper-gastrointestinal haemorrhage: multicentre validation and prospective evaluation. Lancet. 2009 Jan 3;373(9657):42-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61769-9. Epub 2008 Dec 16. PubMed ID: 19091393
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