Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2012; 18(18): 2219-2224
Published online May 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i18.2219
Table 3 Therapeutic efficacy of small-volume and large-volume epinephrine, and hemoclips in reducing recurrent bleeding (95% CI)
Recurrent bleeding rate (%)RRR (%)ARR (%)NNT
Small-volume vs large-volume epinephrine46.6 (-11.2-75.0)14.0 (-2.6-30.3)8.0 (37.7-3.3)
Small-volume epinephrine vs hemoclips86.7 (51.7-96.5)26.0 (12.3-40.4)4.0 (2.5-8.1)
Large-volume epinephrine vs hemoclips75.0 (9.0-23.0)12.0 (0.2-25.0)9.0 (4.0-476.0)