作者
Alan Barkun, Sandrine Sabbah, Robert Enns, David Armstrong, Jamie Gregor, Richard NN Fedorak, Elham Rahme, Youssef Toubouti, Myriam Martel, Naoki Chiba, Carlo A Fallone
发表日期
2004/7/1
期刊
Official journal of the American College of Gastroenterology| ACG
卷号
99
期号
7
页码范围
1238-1246
出版商
LWW
简介
OBJECTIVES
From the Canadian Registry of patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Endoscopy (RUGBE), we determined clinical outcomes and explored the roles of endoscopic and pharmacologic therapies in a contemporary real-life setting.
METHODS
Analysis of randomly selected patients endoscoped for nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding at 18 community and tertiary care institutions between 1999 and 2002. Covariates and outcomes were defined a priori and 30-day follow-up obtained. Logistic regression models identified predictors of outcomes.
RESULTS
One thousand eight-hundred and sixty-nine patients were included (66±17 yr, 38% female, 2.5±1.6 comorbid conditions, hemoglobin, 96±27 g/L, 54% received a mean of 2.9±1.7 units of blood). Endoscopy was performed within 24 h in 76%, with ulcers (55%) most commonly noted. High-risk endoscopic stigmata and endoscopic therapy …
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