Summary of Risk Assessment

Risk is categorized the following way:

  • Low risk: Glasgow-Blatchford Score 0 – consider discharge with outpatient endoscopy
  • Moderate risk: admit to appropriate inpatient specialty for urgent endoscopy
  • High risk: Rockall Score (pre-endoscopy) ≥3, haemodynamic instability, known varices – resuscitate, admit to critical care area for emergency endoscopy