Risk Stratification of Patients Presenting With Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding to the Emergency Department Using AIMS65 Score and Red Cell Distribution Width

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The rationale of this study in UGIB patients is to assess whether the prediction of mortality and morbidity using AIMS65 score improves when used in combination with RDW in the emergency department setting.

Detailed Description
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UGIB is a ticking time-bomb and emergency physicians are challenged to accurately assess risk, and aggressively manage patients with gastrointestinal bleeding within the stipulated time in the confines of emergency department. If not managed properly, it is associated with high mortality. Various clinical prediction scores help in risk stratifying such patients. Among the scores, AIMS65 score is the easy to use score and has good mortality predictive accuracy. RDW, once thought as marker of chronic blood loss has recently been identified as a good prognostic indicator as well as good predictor of mortality in conditions where there is acute blood loss. Both AIMS65 score and RDW value have been used separately as a predictor of morbidity and mortality in patients with UGIB. But there are not much studies so far evaluating their combined role as marker of predicting mortality as well as high risk among UGIB patients. Hence there is a need for a study to know the predictive value of combination of AIMS6S score and RDW in patients presenting to ED with symptoms of UGIB not been much studies comparing the relationship between RDW and upper GI bleed. The rationale of this study in UGIB patients is to assess whether the prediction of mortality and morbidity using AIMS65 score improves when used in combination with RDW in the emergency department setting.

Official Title
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Risk Stratification of Patients Presenting With Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding to the Emergency Department Using AIMS65 Score and Red Cell Distribution Width

Conditions
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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: RISK STRATIFICATION USING AIMS65 SCORE AND RDW


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: All patients presenting to ED with UGIB Age more than 18 years of age Exclusion Criteria: Patients not consenting to study Patients with known hematological disorders Patients in which endoscopy or blood transfusion is done outside Patients in which RDW value and laboratory parameters required for AIMS65 score are not available.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 100 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Other: RISK STRATIFICATION USING AIMS65 SCORE AND RDW|Risk Statification of patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding to the emergency department using AIMS65 score and Red cell Distribution Width.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| predictive accuracy of addition of RDW to AIMS65 SCORE in determining the 30-day mortality of patients presenting to the ED with symptoms of UGIB |  | 30 days | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Emergency Department, Upper GI Bleed, Risk Stratification, Mortality, Red Cell Distribution Width, AIMS65 Score, Receiver Observer Characteristic Curve