Glasgow-Blatchford score: upper GI bleed

Pre-endoscopy triage. A score of 0–1 can be managed as an outpatient; it outperforms pre-endoscopy Rockall for predicting need for intervention.

What you enter

• Urea: <6.5 mmol/L / 6.5–7.9 / 8.0–9.9 / 10–24.9 / ≥25
• Haemoglobin: Man ≥130 g/L / woman ≥120 / Man 120–129 / Woman 100–119 / Man 100–119 / <100 (either)
• Systolic BP: ≥110 / 100–109 / 90–99 / <90
• Pulse ≥100 (+1)
• Melaena (+1)
• Syncope (+2)
• Liver disease (+2)
• Cardiac failure (+2)