Weekend and nighttime effect on the prognosis of peptic ulcer bleeding

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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2012; 18(27): 3578-3584
Published online Jul 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i27.3578

Table 2 Baseline characteristics and treatment outcomes of the daytime and nighttime groups n (%)

Factors	Daytime	Nighttime	P value
Number of patients	312 (80)	76 (20)
Age (yr)	60.3 ± 0.9	57.9 ± 1.7	NS
Male	238 (76.2)	59 (77.6)	NS
Gastric ulcer	209 (66.9)	57 (75.0)	NS
Duodenal ulcer	103 (33.0)	19 (25.0)	NS
Active bleeding (Forrest Ia, Ib)	111 (35.5)	26 (34.2)	NS
Rockall score	4.9 ± 0.1	4.9 ± 0.2	NS
Charlson score	3.5 ± 0.1	3.1 ± 0.3	NS
Comorbidity	119 (38.1)	30 (39.5)	NS
Time to endoscopy (min)	352.9 ± 26.3	255.0 ± 30.0	0.016
Rebleeding	36 (11.5)	16 (21.1)	0.018
Angiographic embolization	3 (0.9)	2 (2.6)	NS
Surgery	4 (1.2)	0 (0.0)	NS
Length of stay (d)	8.3 ± 0.3	7.3 ± 0.5	NS
Mortality	6 (1.9)	1 (1.3)	NS

NS: Not significant.

Citation: Youn YH, Park YJ, Kim JH, Jeon TJ, Cho JH, Park H. Weekend and nighttime effect on the prognosis of peptic ulcer bleeding. World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18(27): 3578-3584
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v18/i27/3578.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v18.i27.3578