Table 4.
Comparisons of risk of bacteremia after endoscopy according to different groups.
| Group | Risk of bacteremia |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | ||
| EVS versus EVL | |||
| EVS | 1 | 69 | 1.000 |
| EVL | 0 | 40 | |
| Emergency | |||
| EVS | 1 | 40 | 1.000 |
| EVL | 0 | 22 | |
| Elective | |||
| EVS | 0 | 29 | NA |
| EVL | 0 | 18 | |
| Variceal therapy versus control | 0.029 | ||
| Variceal therapy (EVS/EVL) | 1 | 109 | |
| Control | 3 | 26 | |
| Emergency versus elective | 1.000 | ||
| Emergency EVS | 1 | 62 | |
| Elective EVS | 0 | 47 | |
| Overall comparison | 0.162 | ||
| Emergency EVS | 1 | 40 | |
| Elective EVS | 0 | 29 | |
| Emergency EVL | 0 | 22 | |
| Elective EVL | 0 | 18 | |
| Emergency endoscopy (control) | 3 | 26 | |