Table 1.
Values are presented as number or number (%).
NS, not significant; UGI, upper gastrointestinal; LDA, low-dose aspirin; NSAIDs, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; U, upper parts of the stomach; M, middle parts of the stomach; L, lower parts of the stomach; DB, duodenal bulb; DS, second portion of duodenum; HSE, hypertonic saline-epinephrine solution; APC, argon plasma coagulation.
Intractable endoscopic hemostasis was also significantly associated with bleeding in a)DS (p<0.05 compared with DB), Forrest bleeding types b)Ia (p<0.01 vs. Ib, IIa, IIb) and c)Ib (p<0.05 vs. IIa, IIb).