Table 2.
Patient status on admission
| Sedation | Nonsedation | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial symptoms | |||
| Vomiting blood | 83 (48.5%) | 96 (44.0%) | 0.41 |
| Black stools | 86 (50.3%) | 108 (49.5%) | 0.92 |
| Fainting attack | 7 (4.1%) | 10 (4.6%) | 1.00 |
| Initial vital signs | |||
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 121.0 ± 24.4 | 112.7 ± 26.7 | < 0.01 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 66.0 ± 14.4 | 61.3 ± 15.3 | < 0.01 |
| Pulse rate (beats/min) | 89.6 ± 19.2 | 87.4 ± 22.1 | 0.29 |
| Respiratory rate (breaths/min) | 18.3 ± 4.1 | 18.9 ± 3.8 | 0.12 |
| Arterial oxygen saturation (%) | 97.8 ± 2.1 | 97.3 ± 2.7 | 0.06 |
| Initial laboratory data | |||
| White blood count (k/μL) | 9.03 ± 5.16 | 8.34 ± 6.89 | 0.29 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 8.9 ± 3.0 | 8.1 ± 2.6 | < 0.01 |
| Platelets (k/μl) | 25.4 ± 39.1 | 33.0 ± 48.4 | 0.09 |
| Albumin (mg/dL) | 3.1 ± 0.7 | 3.0 ± 0.8 | 0.38 |
| Serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.52 ± 1.78 | 1.59 ± 1.64 | 0.68 |
| Serum BUN (g/dL) | 39.2 ± 29.8 | 44.1 ± 32.3 | 0.12 |
| Serum AST (U/L) | 45.2 ± 90.8 | 55.1 ± 179.5 | 0.48 |
| Serum ALT (U/L) | 26.5 ± 36.3 | 37.6 ± 117.9 | 0.19 |
| Serum total bilirubin (mg/dL) | 1.3 ± 2.7 | 0.8 ± 1.8 | 0.07 |
| Prothrombin time (s) | 16.6 ± 11.4 | 16.3 ± 8.5 | 0.79 |
| APTT (s) | 35.3 ± 8.2 | 35.4 ± 9.6 | 0.95 |
| INR | 1.26 ± 0.4 | 1.32 ± 0.6 | 0.26 |
| RBC transfusion | 107 (62.6%) | 156 (71.6%) | 0.06 |
| Amount of blood transfused (U) | 3.3 ± 5.1 | 3.5 ± 3.2 | 0.76 |
BUN blood urea nitrogen, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, APTT activated partial thromboplastin time, PT-INR international normalized ratio of prothrombin time, RBC red blood cell
Results are presented as mean ± SD or number of patients