Table 2. Bleeding characteristics.

Bleeding etiology	n (%)
Peptic ulcer	18 (34,6)
Post-interventional ulcer	14 (26,9)
Tumor bleeding	10 (19,2)
Endoscopic papillotomy	2 (3,8)
Reflux esophagitis	2 (3,8)
Post-variceal bleeding	2 (3,8)
GAVE-Syndrome	1 (1,9)
Dieulafoy’s lesion	1 (1,9)
Diffuse post-emesis bleeding	1 (1,9)
Jejunal and duodenal ischemia	1 (1,9)
Bleeding	n = 52
Distal esophagus	7
Gastric Cardia Body Antrum Lesser Curvature Greater Curvature	16  1 11  4 10  5
Duodenal Duodenal bulb Papilla Descending part of the duodenum	29 13  4 12
Localization of the peptic ulcer	n = 18
Gastric Ulcer	5
Duodenal Ulcer	13
Forrest classification for gastric and duodenal ulcer bleeding	n = 18
Forrest Ia (spurting)	0
Forrest Ib (oozing)	7
Forrest IIa (visible vessel) + evidence of bleeding	6
Forrest IIb (adherent clot)	4
Forrest IIc (haematin on ulcer base)	1

Mean ulcer diameter 28 mm (Range 15 – 50 mm)