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