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• TITLE: The clinical significance of upper gastrointestinal bleeding etiology score in determining variceal bleeding

  AUTHORS: Farhan Ali, Adnan Bashir Bhatti, Siddique Akbar Satti, Tariq Mehmood Satti

  KEYWORDS: Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding; Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Etiology Score; Variceal Bleeding; Non-Variceal Bleeding; Endoscopy

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol.4 No.1, January 23, 2014

  ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common, and potentially life threatening condition, which can be divided into variceal and non-variceal sources of bleeding. OBJECTIVE: To examine the validity of the upper gastrointestinal bleeding etiology score compared to the current gold standard, the emergency Esophagogastroduodenos-copy (EGD), for determining the etiology of UGIB. METHODOLOGY: 101 patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding presented in the emergency department of Capital Hospital, Islamabad between February 2010 and March 2012 were in- cluded in this cross-sectional study. The upper gastrointestinal bleeding score was computed for each case by accounting for the clinical parameters of previous diagnosis of cirrhosis or signs of chronic liver disease × 3.1, presence of red vomitus × 1.5, and red N/G aspirate × 1.2. Each parameter was given a score of 1 if present, and 0 if absent, with a total score ≥3.1 favoring variceal bleed, and a score of