Research Article
Difference between the Upper and the Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients Taking Nonvitamin K Oral Anticoagulants
| | Number of patients | (%/year) |
| Number of patients | 658 | Observational period | 1342.2 patient-year | Event | | Total bleeding (≧BARC type 2) | 63 (4.7) | Major bleeding (≧BARC type 3) | 22 (1.6) | Total GIB | 27 (2.0) | Upper GIB | 9 (0.7) | Lower GIB | 18 (1.3) | Major GIB (≧BARC type 3) | 12 (0.9) | Fatal bleeding | 3 (0.2) | Thrombosis | 16 (1.2) | Dropout | 12 (0.9) |
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GIB: gastrointestinal bleeding and BARC: bleeding academic research consortium classification.
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