Table 2.
Overall mortality, rebleeding, successful haemostasis, need for salvage therapy, length of hospital stay, and number of units transfused in the five studies included.
| Authors | Patients (n) | Death (n) | Rebleeding (n) | Successful haemostasis (n) | Need for salvage therapy* (n) | LOS (mean), days | Number of blood transfusions (mean), units per patient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheung et al. |
urgent: 134 non-urgent: 76 |
urgent: 15 non-urgent: 5 |
urgent: 28 non-urgent: 12 |
urgent: 129 non-urgent: 74 |
urgent: 10 non-urgent: 3 |
urgent: 9.1 non-urgent: 8.4 |
urgent: 3.7 non-urgent: 3.6 |
| Hsu et al. |
urgent: 176 non-urgent: 135 |
urgent: 7 non-urgent: 18 |
NA | 254** | 57** | NA | NA |
| Chen et al. |
urgent: 54 non-urgent: 47 |
urgent: 12 non-urgent: 21 |
urgent: 28 non-urgent: 25 |
NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Yoo et al. |
urgent: 173 non-urgent: 101 |
urgent: 39 non-urgent: 30 |
urgent: 35 non-urgent: 25 |
NA | NA |
urgent: 4.0*** non-urgent: 4.0*** |
NA |
| Huh et al. |
urgent: 317 non-urgent: 94 |
urgent: 40 non-urgent: 7 |
urgent: 98 non-urgent: 17 |
urgent: 229 non-urgent: 73 |
urgent: 47 non-urgent: 8 |
urgent: 11.9 non-urgent: 11.8 |
urgent: 4.4 non-urgent: 3.0 |
LOS, length of hospital stay; NA, not available.
*This outcome included balloon tamponade, additional endoscopic therapy, or transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
**Only the total events were available.
***Data expressed as median values.