A Study of the Clinical Profile of Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed and Utility of Rockall Scoring in these Patients at a Tertiary Healthcare Setup

Background: Upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGI Bleed) is common emergencies contributing to hospitalization and associated morbidity and mortality. Numerous scoring systems have been designed to assess risk factors for morbid outcome. Aim and Objectives: To study demographic and clinical profile of patients with UGI bleed. To study the aetiology of patients with UGI bleed. To study utility of Rockall system and correlate severity of bleed with outcome. Material and Methods: This observational cross- sectional study was carried out at a tertiary care hospital. Study was carried out on patients presenting with UGI bleed and who consented to participate. Ethical committee approval was obtained. Relevant data of eligible patients over two years was collected. Data collected was compiled using excel sheet and analysed with Graph Pad Prism Version V. Results reported in terms of mean, percentages and p-value. P-value