Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

	Standard	Doppler	P value
Patients	76	72
Age*	66.34 ± 16.1	65.18 ± 15.6	0.505
Female/Male	14/62	15/57	0.836
Inpatient Bleed	14 (18.4%)	15 (20.8%)	0.836
Ulcers ≥ 20 mm	12 (15.8%)	12 (16.7%)	0.999
CURE Prognosis Score (1–6)*	2.95 ± 0.99	2.94 ± 1.17	0.622
American Society of Anesthesia Grade			0.899
I	5 (6.6%)	5(6.9%)
II	21 (27.6%)	24 (33.3%)
III	43 (56.6%)	37 (51.4%)
IV	7 (9.2%)	6 (8.3%)
Cirrhosis	12 (15.8%)	10 (14.0%)	0.820
Child Pugh Score*	9.5 ± 2.9	8.0 ± 2.6	0.258
Hypotension	35 (46.1%)	34 (47.2%)	0.755
H. Pylori positive Ulcers	23 (35.9%)	23 (37.8%)	0.986
UCLA/VA	44/32	39/33	0.648
Smoking – Yes/No	3/73	2/70	0.694
Drinking – Yes/No	14/62	15/57	0.836
Aspirin	28 (36.8%)	39 (54.2%)	0.034
Other anti-platelet drugs	9 (11.8%)	8 (11.1%)	0.889
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs	19 (25%)	20 (27.8%)	0.701
Warfarin	13 (17.1%)	8 (11.1%)	0.296
Other Anti-coagulant	4 (5.3%)	7 (9.7%)	0.359
Both anti-platelet and anti-coagulant drug	6 (7.9%)	5 (6.9%)	0.826
Endoscopic Diagnosis			0.258
DU’s	32 (42%)	30 (41.7%)
(posterior DU’s)	12 (37.5%)	8 (26.7%)
GU’s	24 (31.6%)	20 (27.8%)
(lesser curve GU’s)	12 (50%)	9 (45%)
** EU’s/ HH ulcers	2 (2.6%)	5 (6.9%)
Anastomotic ulcers	4 (5.3%)	7 (9.7%)
Dieulafoy’s lesion	13 (17.1%)	6 (8.3%)
Mallory Weiss Tears	1 (1.3%)	3 (4.2%)
Baseline hemoglobin*	7.6 ± 1.5	7.9 ± 1.7	0.348
Baseline red cell transfusions*	3.1 ± 2.3	3.4 ± 2.9	0.657
Baseline fresh frozen plasma transfusions *	0.95 ± 2.3	0.6 ± 1.5	0.406
Baseline platelet transfusions *	0.92 ± 6.7	0.14 ± 0.5	0.661

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^*Mean ± Standard deviation.

^**EU’s are Esophageal Ulcers. HH are ulcers in a hiatal hernia.