Table 3.

Changes in therapeutic parameters associating with GI bleeding

	Pre-octreotide period	Post-octreotide period	P value
Mean hemoglobin level, g/dL	9.24 ± 0.84	9.82 ± 0.83	0.003*
Per year amount
RBC, unit/year	20.2 ± 24.6	7.1 ± 10.3	0.002*
FFP, unit/year	13.1 ± 19.1	3.6 ± 5.0	0.002*
LOS, day/year	35.4 ± 47.3	8.7 ± 28.3	<0.001*
GI procedure, time/year	2.9 ± 3.1	0.4 ± 0.7	<0.001*
Per event amount
RBC, unit/event	2.5 ± 2.7	1.0 ± 1.7	0.004*
FFP, unit/event	1.3 ± 2.1	0.1 ± 0.4	0.001*
LOS, day/event	9.1 ± 6.3	4.5 ± 7.9	0.015*
GI procedure, time/event	0.8 ± 0.2	0.3 ± 0.5	<0.001*

RBC, red blood cell; FFP, fresh frozen plasma; LOS, length of stay.

^*p <0.05 by Wilcoxon signed-rank test