Resumen

ACEVEDO, Lesbia et al. Riesgo de resangrado y muerte en pacientes hospitalizados en el servicio de gastroenterología del Hospital Jesús Yerena con el diagnostico de hemorragia digestiva superior no variceal, durante el período comprendido entre enero 2002 y agosto 2008. Gen [online]. 2010, vol.64, n.4, pp.298-301. ISSN 0016-3503.

Upper digestive hemorrhage is one of the most frequent causes of worldwide consult and hospitalization in general hospitals and gastroenterology services as well. There are criteria allowing to being guided to the evolution that said patients could experience. Rockall criteria applied to patients with non-varicose upper digestive hemorrhage, and as per the clinical-endoscopic features, let us predict the rebleeding and death risks. Purpose: According to Rockall criteria, staging the rebleeding and death risks in hospitalized patients diagnosed with non-varicose upper digestive hemorrhage at Hospital de Lidice’s ER between January 2002 and August 2008. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectioned retrospective study is carried out with a 150-patient sample, collecting clinical records data of hospitalized patients diagnosed with non-varicose upper digestive hemorrhage who were computed, according to Rockall, the rebleeding and death risks. Results: Out of the total of 150 patients, 53 presented death and rebleeding risks (8 rebled and just 1 died due to other cause), 57 patients presented intermediate risk (14 rebled and 2 died), and patients showed high risk (20 rebled and 10 died). Conclusion: This research confirms the Rockall score’s value for determining the risk of rebleeding and death in patients diagnosed with non-varicose upper digestive bleeding.

Palabras clave : non-varicose upper digestive hemorrhage; Rockall criteria; rebleeding.