Clinical Trial: Prospective Assessment of the Rockall Risk ScoringSystem in Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Prospective Assessment of the Rockall Risk ScoringSystem in Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Brief Summary: This study aimed to Assess the validity of the Rockall score for the prediction of rebleeding and death in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Detailed Summary:

This present study aimed to evaluate:

Assess the validity of the Rockall score for the prediction of rebleeding and death in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

1- Technical Design: The technical design included research design, setting, subject and tools for data collection.

Research design:

A descriptive exploratory design was followed to achieve the aim of the study. Study setting: This study was conducted between Tropical department in AinShams university and Gastroenterology and Hepatology department in TheodorBilharz Research Institute.

Sample size: EPI - INFO program version 6 was used for sample size calculation guided by power of the test = 80% - confidence level =95% and accepted margin of error = 5% and risk ratio = 5.5 - total sample minimum accepted = 50 This study included 50 recipients and done Tropical department in Ain Shams university and Gastroenterology and Hepatology department in .

Theodore Bilharz Research Institute

Sponsor: Ain Shams University

Current Primary Outcome: Clinical condition of the patients with accute upper gastrointstinal bleeding after 48 hours from endoscopy [ Time Frame: 48 hours ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: number of participants with variceal bleeding and other causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding regarding the clinical condition after 48 hours [ Time Frame: 48 hours ]

Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Ain Shams University

Dates:
Date Received: March 24, 2015
Date Started: May 2014
Date Completion:
Last Updated: March 31, 2015
Last Verified: March 2015