Predictors of rebleeding and in-hospital mortality in patients with nonvariceal upper digestive bleeding

Table 2 Type of endoscopic treatment applied to the study population

Endoscopic therapy	No. of patients	% out of entire batch
Simple therapy	174	11.01
Epinephrine injection	62	3.92
Bipolar coagulation	18	1.14
Hemoclip	74	4.68
Banding1	7	0.44
Argon plasma coagulation	13	0.83
Combined therapy	375	23.72
Epinephrine injection + bipolar coagulation	126	7.97
Epinephrine injection + hemoclip	206	13.04
Epinephrine injection + bipolar coagulation + hemoclip	35	2.21
Bipolar coagulation + hemoclip	4	0.25
Epinephrine injection + argon plasma coagulation + hemoclip	1	0.06
Epinephrine injection + banding	2	0.15
Epinephrine injection + argon plasma coagulation	1	0.06

¹ banding was used for endoscopic hemostasis in 4 cases of Mallory-Weiss syndrome and 3 cases of Dieulafoy lesion.