Outcome of non-variceal acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in relation to the time of endoscopy and the experience of the endoscopist: A two-year survey

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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2005; 11(45): 7122-7130
Published online Dec 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i45.7122

Table 3 Distribution of patients by experience of endoscopists and time period of treatment, according to selected outcomes. Univariate analysis.

		Experience of endoscopist			Time period
		High n (%)	Low n (%)	P	8AM-5PM n (%)	5PM-8AM n (%)	P
					n	n
Rebleeding
	Yes	29 (58.9)	22 (43.1)	< 0.001	41 (80.4)	10 (19.6)	0.862
	No	185 (83.7)	36 (16.3)	< 0.001	180 (81.5)	41 (18.6)	0.862
N. of blood units transfused after endoscopy
	≥ 3	14 (48.3)	15 (51.7)	< 0.001	23 (79.3)	6 (20.7)	0.777
	< 3	200 (82.3)	43 (17.7)	< 0.001	198 (81.5)	45 (18.5)	0.777
Need for Surgery
	Yes	9 (60.0)	6 (40.0)	0.069	10 (66.7)	5 (33.3)	0.137
	No	205 (79.8)	52 (20.2)	0.069	211 (82.1)	46 (17.9)	0.137
Mortality
	Death	31 (86.1)	5 (13.9)	0.242	26 (72.2)	10 (27.8)	0.136
	Alive	183 (77.5)	53 (22.5)	0.242	195 (82.6)	41 (17.4)	0.136
Length of hospital staying
	≥ 13 d	107 (75.9)	34 (24.1)	0.244	120 (85.1)	21 (14.9)	0.091
	< 13 d	107 (81.7)	24 (18.3)	0.244	101 (77.1)	30 (22.9)	0.091
Rockall score
	< 6	111 (83.5)	22 (16.5)	0.06	108 (81.2)	25 (18.8)	0.985
	≥ 6	103 (74.1)	36 (25.9)	0.06	113 (81.3)	26 (18.7)	0.985
Forrest’s classification

Citation: Parente F, Anderloni A, Bargiggia S, Imbesi V, Trabucchi E, Baratti C, Gallus S, Porro GB. Outcome of non-variceal acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in relation to the time of endoscopy and the experience of the endoscopist: A two-year survey. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(45): 7122-7130
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v11/i45/7122.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v11.i45.7122