Table 1. Patient demographics and clinical data of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Non-rebleeding patients (n = 316, 85.18%) | Rebleeding patients (n = 55, 14.72%) | p value | |
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Age (years) | 61 (47–75) | 63 (49–73) | 0.807 |
Gender (male) | 215 (68%) | 38 (69.1%) | 0.87 |
Co-morbidities | |||
Diabetes mellitus | 54 (17.1%) | 7 (12.72%) | 0.424 |
Congestive heart failure | 15 (4.75%) | 6 (10.9%) | 0.076 |
Liver disease | 20 (6.33%) | 4 (7.27%) | 0.793 |
Hypertension | 100 (31.6%) | 21 (38.2%) | 0.341 |
History of stroke | 20 (6.3%) | 4 (7.3%) | 0.793 |
Chronic kidney disease | 38 (12%) | 7 (12.7%) | 0.883 |
Cancer | 21 (6.6%) | 14 (25.5%) | <0.001 |
Medication | |||
NSAIDs | 47 (14.9%) | 4 (7.3%) | 0.14 |
Antiplatelet | 40 (12.7%) | 5 (9.1%) | 0.457 |
Anticoagulants | 28 (8.9%) | 3 (5.5%) | 0.404 |
Chief complaint | |||
Dizziness | 11 (3.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0.32 |
Palpitation | 4 (1.27%) | 0 (0%) | 0.754 |
Fatigue | 19 (6%) | 5 (9.1%) | 0.39 |
Bloody or coffee-ground vomitus | 144 (45.6%) | 37 (67.3%) | 0.004 |
Rectal bleeding | 4 (1.27%) | 1 (1.81%) | 0.744 |
Abdominal pain | 11 (3.48%) | 0 (0%) | 0.325 |
Syncope | 12 (3.80%) | 0 (0%) | 0.295 |
Dark tarry stool | 111 (35.12%) | 12 (21.82%) | 0.056 |
Instable hemodynamics at presentation | 55 (17.4%) | 14 (25.5%) | 0.157 |
Hematochezia | 9 (2.8%) | 3 (5.5%) | 0.322 |
Melena | 212 (67.1%) | 37 (67.3%) | 0.979 |
Blood in gastric tube | 88 (27.8%) | 24 (43.6%) | 0.019 |
In-hospital mortality | 1 (0.3%) | 7 (12.7%) | <0.001 |
30-day mortality | 5 (1.6%) | 8 (14.5%) | <0.001 |
Note:
NSAIDs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Bold font indicates statistical significance.