Management by the intensivist of gastrointestinal bleeding in adults and children

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 2 Rockall score

Score	0	1	2	3
Age (yr)	<60	60-70	>80
Shock	No shock	Pulse >100
Shock		SBP >100 mmHg
Comorbidity	No	No	Ischemic heart disease	Renal failure
			Cardiac failure	Liver failure
			Major comorbidity	Disseminated malignancy
Diagnosis	Mallory Weiss tear or	All other diagnoses	Gastrointestinal malignancy
Diagnosis	No lesion
Evidence of bleeding	None or		Blood
	Dark spot		Visible or spurting vessel
			Adherent clot

A total score less than 3 carries good prognosis and total score more than 8 carries high risk of mortality.
SBP, systolic blood vessel.
From Rockall TA, Gut 1996.