A high Rockall score was predictive of mortality of PUB. The effectiveness of Rockall score as a predictor of in-hospital death in cirrhotic patients with PUB proved to be similar to that reported in non-cirrhotic patients.22 The Rockall scoring system is a widely validated scoring system which was principally designed to predict death based on a combination of clinical and endoscopic findings. Surprisingly, mortality was not related to the severity of liver dysfunction as expressed by clinical and laboratory criteria (Child-Pugh classification). The Child-Pugh classification has an advantage over other classifications in that all patients can be classified even when some data are not (yet) available.8 However all classification systems have a margin of false positive and false negative prediction.8 A score system based on one population may not be applicable to others. The main purpose of a clinical classification system in this context is to provide a wider and more objective approach to decision-making in the treatment of these very difficult patients.8