Effectiveness of Conservative Treatment without Early Colonoscopy in Patients with Colonic Diverticular Hemorrhage
Table 1
Characteristics of patients.
Patients (n=142)
Age (years, mean ± SD)
71.7 ± 12.7 (34–94)
Sex (male/female)
88/54
Localization of diverticulum
Right-sided
38 (26.8%)
Left-sided
14 (9.9%)
Bilateral
90 (63.4%)
Previous history of diverticular hemorrhage
38 (26.8%)
Patient on dialysis
11 (7.7%)
Patient with cirrhosis
3 (2.1%)
Medications
Antithrombotic drugs (total)
56 (39.4%)
Aspirin
37 (26.1%)
Thienopyridine derivative
17 (12.0%)
Anticoagulants
23 (16.2%)
Dual antiplatelet therapy
10 (7.0%)
NSAIDs
14 (9.6%)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg, mean ± SD)
127.2 ± 30.7
Hemorrhagic shock
16 (11.3%)
Heart rate (bpm, mean ± SD)
86.6 ± 20.5
Loss of consciousness
17 (12.0%)
Extravasation on CECT
18 (18.4%)
Laboratory data
Hemoglobin level (g/dL, mean ± SD)
10.5 ± 2.5
White blood cell count (×103/mm3, mean ± SD)
8.1 ± 2.9
Platelet count (×104/mm3, mean ± SD)
20.4 ± 6.1
UN/Cre ratio (mean ± SD)
23.0 ± 10.4
Albumin level (g/dL, mean ± SD)
3.5 ± 0.5
PT-INR (mean ± SD)
1.2 ± 0.7
SD, standard deviation; NSAIDs, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; CECT, contrast-enhanced computed tomography; UN/Cre, urea nitrogen/creatinine; PT-INR, international normalized ratio of prothrombin time. CECT was performed in ninety-eight patients.
