Evaluating Glasgow-Blatchford score for fast-track emergency management of patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Table 1 Baseline and indicator comparison, n (%)

Category of factors	Moderate-risk group			High-risk group
	Control (n = 37)	Fast track (n = 25)	P value	Control (n = 26)	Fast track (n = 36)	P value
Population traits
Age (mean ± SD)	56 ± 19	56 ± 22	0.899	58 ± 16	63 ± 12	0.201
Gender (male)	31 (83.8)	20 (80.0)	0.965	21 (80.8)	29 (80.1)	0.983
GBS [M (P25, P75)]	9 (8, 10)	9 (9, 11)	0.633	13 (12, 14)	13 (12, 14)	0.583
Onset time [M (P25, P75), hour]	13 (7, 48)	12 (5, 48)	0.604	24 (9, 72)	24 (7, 78)	0.937
Underlying diseases (yes)	15 (40.5)	11 (44.0)	0.787	17 (65.4)	21 (58.3)	0.574
Gastroscopy diagnosis (esophageal and gastric varices)	6 (18.1)	3 (14.3)	0.924	9 (34.6)	5 (13.9)	0.054
Analysis parameters
Emergency resuscitation room stay time [M (P25, P75), minute]	63 (37, 94)	57 (43, 75)	0.275	58.5 (42, 81)	48 (33, 71)	0.070
Door-to-endoscopy time [M (P25, P75), minute]	19 (12, 26)	21 (14, 30)	0.509	21.5 (11, 40)	13.5 (9, 22)	0.013a
Total blood transfusion, [M (P25, P75), unit]	0 (0, 4)	1 (0, 3)	0.841	6.75 (4, 14.5)	3 (2, 5)	0.001a
Treatment outcome (death)	0 (0.0)	1 (4.8)	0.403	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	/
Hospitalization duration [M (P25, P75), day]	6 (5, 7)	7 (5, 8)	0.552	7.5 (4, 10)	7.5 (6, 10)	0.226
ICU length of stay [M (P25, P75), day]	0 (0, 0)	0 (0, 0)	0.897	0 (0, 2)	0 (0, 1)	0.630
Gastroenterology department length of stay [M (P25, P75), day]	6 (5, 7)	7 (5, 8)	0.155	6 (4, 10)	7 (6, 9)	0.130
Hospitalization costs [M (P25, P75), USD]	1239.80 (829.11)	1102.66 (815.27)	0.460	2812.44 (1513.97)	1570.26 (1159.86)	0.0461
Endoscopic therapy1 (yes)	11 (29.7)	9 (36.0)	0.604	13 (50.0)	14 (38.9)	0.384

^aP < 0.05.

¹Endoscopic therapy mainly includes methods such as spraying, flushing, injecting hemostatic drugs, clamping, titanium clips, band ligation, thermal coagulation, electrocoagulation, etc.[12].

GBS: Glasgow-Blatchford score; ICU: Intensive care unit; USD: United States dollar.