Annals of Intensive Care

Table 4 Forrest classification

From: Management by the intensivist of gastrointestinal bleeding in adults and children

	Class	Risk of rebleeding
Clean base	III	low
Hematin covered flat spot	IIc	low
Adherent clot	IIb	high
Visible vessel	IIa	high
Oozing hemorrhage	Ib	high
Spurting hemorrhage	Ia	high

From Laine L, New Engl J Med 1994.

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