Table 1.
Demographic features stratified by risk of bleeding and treatment.
| Variable | High-Risk Lesion | Low-Risk Lesion | No EGD | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | No PPI | PPI B + I |
PPI I–IV |
PO | All | No PPI | PPI B + I |
PPI I–IV |
PO | All | No PPI | PPI B + I |
PPI I–IV |
PO | |
| Visits | 410 | 36 | 337 | 12 | 25 | 1403 | 152 | 1079 | 60 | 112 | 2241 | 1373 | 582 | 61 | 225 |
| No. (%) Female | 133 (32) |
10 (28) |
110 (33) |
4 (33) |
9 (36) |
553 (39) |
72 (47) |
406 (38) |
26 (43) |
49 (43) |
1051 (47) |
677 (49) |
247 (42) |
23 (38) |
104 (46) |
| Mean Age (95% CI) | 64 (62–66) |
64 (59–69) |
64 (62–66) |
66 (54–78) |
68 (62–73) |
63 (63–65) |
59 (56–62) |
64 (62–65) |
67 (63–72) |
67 (64–71) |
57 (56–58) |
54 (53–56) |
63 (61–65) |
57 (51–63) |
59 (56–62) |
| Age Range | 19–66 | 26–95 | 19–96 | 31–93 | 44–91 | 18–103 | 18–97 | 18–103 | 20–94 | 21–100 | 18–106 | 18–101 | 19–106 | 19–98 | 19–96 |
| Heart rate, mean, BPM (95% CI) | 92 (91–94) |
89 (83–95) |
93 (91–95) |
98 (88–108) |
87 (79–95) |
91 (90–92) |
86 (83–89) |
92 (91–93) |
89 (84–95) |
85 (82–88) |
88 (87–89) |
86 (85–87) |
93 (91–95) |
93 (87–98) |
87 (84–89) |
| Systolic Blood pressure, mean, mm Hg (95% CI) | 119 (116–121) | 126 (119–132) | 117 (115–119) | 131 (117–144) | 126 (117–134) | 126 (125–128) | 132 (129–135) | 125 (124–127) |
127 (121–133) | 128 (124–132) | 132 (131–133) | 134 (133–135) |
128 (126–130) | 131 (126–137) | 131 (128–134) |
| Diastolic Blood pressure, mean, mm Hg (95% CI) | 69 (67–71) |
75 (68–81) |
68 (67–70) |
76 (69–82) |
68 (63–74) |
73 (72–75) |
77 (74–79) |
73 (71–75) |
74 (70–78) |
70 (67–73) |
78 (77–79) |
80 (79–80) |
76 (73–78) |
75 (70–79) |
76 (74–78) |
| Hemoglobin, mean, g/L (95% CI) | 93 (90–95) |
108 (97–118) |
91 (88–94) |
103 (85–122) |
91 (80–102) |
103 (101–104) |
117 (112–122) |
101 (99–103) |
105 (96–113) |
100 (95–106) |
125 (124–127) |
132 (130–133) |
114 (111–116) |
119 (111–127) |
123 (119–127) |
| Number transfused (%) | 195 (48) |
5 (14) |
174 (52) |
4 (33) |
12 (48) |
476 (34) |
20 (13) |
411 (38) |
16 (27) |
29 (26) |
249 (11) |
71 (5) |
139 (24) |
7 (11) |
32 (14) |
| Number admitted (%) | 392 (96) |
29 (81) |
327 (97) |
12 (100) |
24 (96) |
1191 (85) |
98 (64) |
942 (87) |
52 (87) |
99 (88) |
746 (33) |
216 (16) |
383 (66) |
27 (44) |
120 (53) |
B + I = bolus and infusion, I–IV = intermittent intravenous, PO = per os (by mouth), PPI = proton pump inhibitor.