Blatchford Score Is Superior to AIMS65 Score in Predicting the Need for Clinical Interventions in Elderly Patients with Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed
Table 2
Patient characteristics and outcomes.
Characteristics
Number (%)
Baseline characteristics
Age, mean (SD)
78.8 (0.54)
Gender (male)
75 (47%)
PPI at home
76 (46%)
NSAIDs at home
25 (15.2%)
Charlson comorbidity index, mean (SD)
5.79 (2.4)
Presentation
Hematochezia
23 (14%)
Melena
95 (58%)
Hematemesis
53 (32%)
Unstable comorbidity on admission
13 (9.2%)
Source of bleeding
Peptic ulcer disease
45 (27%)
Gastritis
75 (45%)
Duodenitis
8 (5%)
Esophagitis
44 (27%)
Neoplasm
1 (0.6%)
Normal endoscopy
5 (3%)
Mallory Weiss tear
1 (0.6%)
Arteriovenous malformation
7 (4%)
Ulcerated gastric polyp
3 (2%)
No endoscopy
9 (5%)
Management and outcomes
Upper endoscopy only
100 (60%)
Colonoscopy only
2 (1.2%)
Upper endoscopy and colonoscopy
54 (33%)
No endoscopic procedure
8 (5%)
In-hospital mortality
1 (0.6%)
Intervention to control bleeding source
9 (5.5%)
Need for a nonurgent intervention to treat findings on endoscopic procedure
2 (1.2%)
Readmission in 30 days for rebleeding
33 (20.5%)
Received blood transfusion
105 (64%)
PPI: proton pump inhibitor, NSAIDs: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and SD: standard deviation.
