Glasgow-Blatchford Score
Need for intervention in upper gastrointestinal bleeding, scored 0–23.
When to use it. Deciding who with an upper GI bleed can be managed as an outpatient.
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Limits of this score. The GBS is designed to identify the LOW-risk patient who needs nothing — a score of 0 (or ≤1) is the only part of the range that reliably changes management. It uses no endoscopic findings, so it cannot replace the post-endoscopy Rockall score for rebleeding risk.
Sources
- Blatchford O, Murray WR, Blatchford M. A risk score to predict need for treatment for upper-gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Lancet 2000;356:1318–21.
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Educational use only — not medical advice. Never a substitute for clinical judgement.