Status:
SUSPENDED
Direct Discharge of Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding From the Emergency Department After Endoscopy
Lead Sponsor:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Conditions:
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common cause for attendance to the Emergency Department with a wide range of clinical severity, ranging from insignificant to life-threatening. While ...
Detailed Description
The Glasgow Blatchford Score (GBS) was developed in 2000 to identify very low risk patients who would not need any intervention and were of low risk of rebleeding and death. The GBS used objective cli...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients attending either the Prince of Wales Hospital or Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole hospital with symptoms of upper gastrointestinal bleeding will be initially resuscitated and stabilized in the Accident \& Emergency Department (AED) as per local practice
Exclusion
- Incapable of providing informed consent
- Age \<18 years old
- Pregnancy
- Medically unfit to receive an upper endoscopy procedure (require O2 supplement \>3L/min, persistent haemodynamic instability despite initial resuscitation, mental confusion)
- Require admission to intensive care unit
- Require emergency endoscopy for uncontrolled gastrointestinal bleeding
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2015
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
February 28 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
762 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03337256
Start Date
September 1 2015
End Date
February 28 2026
Last Update
April 9 2020
Active Locations (2)
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1
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2
Prince of Wales Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong