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Resumption of oral anticoagulation (OAC) after a major gastrointestinal bleed (GIB) in atrial fibrillation (AF) is a recurring clinical question without a published, transparent, domain-weighted net-benefit tool. Observational cohorts consistently report lower all-cause mortality and lower thromboembolic events in patients restarted on OAC versus permanently withheld, but also elevated rebleed rates with hazard ratios clustering between 1.

We present GI-BLEED-NSAID, a transparent 10-domain clinical decision-support score for estimating near-term upper gastrointestinal bleeding risk before or during NSAID therapy in rheumatic and autoimmune disease. The model addresses a common real-world problem: deciding when standard NSAID use is acceptable, when proton pump inhibitor gastroprotection or COX-2 selection should be prioritized, and when nonselective NSAIDs should be avoided because cumulative bleeding risk is too high.