Table 3.

Complications of peptic ulcer disease depending on proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medication; there was no difference in the total number of complications between patients who were set on PPI medication compared to no PPI medication; patients with PPI medication had significantly less perforations^a

	PPI	No PPI	p-value
Total admissions	198	308
Total complications	102 (51.5)	158 (51.3)	0.96
Bleeding	86 (43.4)	119 (38.6)	0.28
Perforation	13 (6.6)	37 (12.0)	0.04
Penetration	4 (2.0)	5 (1.6)	0.74
GOO	4 (2.0)	2 (0.6)	0.16

^aData are total numbers with % of total admissions in brackets.

GOO = Gastric outlet obstruction.