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

NCT ID: NCT02405286

Last Updated: 2015-04-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-05-31

Study Completion Date

2014-12-31

Brief Summary

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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 Description

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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

Conditions

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Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Upeer gastrointestinal bleeding

* Adult Egyptian patients.
* Patients with acute upper G.I hemorrhage.
* Informed consent.

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Intervention Type OTHER

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, if stigmata of recent hemorrhage are seen, varices are either injected with ethanolamine or banded, depending on the clinical setting and availability .

Interventions

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Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, if stigmata of recent hemorrhage are seen, varices are either injected with ethanolamine or banded, depending on the clinical setting and availability .

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult Egyptian patients.
* Patients with acute upper G.I hemorrhage.
* Informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* Refuse to participate in this study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ain Shams University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Iman Fawzy Montasser

Lecturer of tropical medicine , Ain Shams university

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Egypt Ain Shams center University Hospitals

Cairo, , Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

Other Identifiers

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Rockall score

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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