Table I. Proposed classification of PPH: clinical condition, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy consequences (10).

Grade	Time of onset, location, severity and clinical impact of bleeding		Clinical condition	Diagnostic consequence	Therapeutic endoscopy consequence
A	Early, intra or extraluminal mild		Well	Observation, blood count, USG and, if necessary CT	No
B	Early, intra or extraluminal severe	Late, intra or extraluminal, mild	Often well/intermediate Very rarely life-threatening	Observation, blood count, USG, angiography, CT endoscopy	Transfusion of fluid/blood, ICU, therapeutic embolisation relaparotomy for early PPH
C		Late intra or extraluminal, severe	Severely impaired life-threatening	Angiography, CT endoscopy	Localisation of bleeding, angiography and embolisation, (endoscopy) or relaparotomy, ICU