Research Article
Diagnostic Value and Safety of Emergency Single-Balloon Enteroscopy for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Table 2
Diagnostic findings in relation to age and gender.
| | Diagnostic findings | Age | Gender | | ≥60 () | <60 () | Male () | Female () |
| | Positive | 23 (74.2) | 43 (60.6) | 31 (67.4) | 35 (62.5) | | Ulcer | 7 (22.6) | 13 (18.3) | 8 (17.4) | 12 (21.42) | | Tumor | 6 (19.4) | 11 (15.5) | 9 (19.6) | 8 (14.3) | | Vascular malformation | 5 (16.1) | 10 (14.1) | 7 (15.2) | 8 (14.3) | | Polyp | 4 (12.9) | 6 (8.5) | 4 (8.7) | 6 (10.7) | | Stale hemorrhage | 1 (3.2) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (4.3) | 0 (0.0) | | Hemangioma | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | | Parasite | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.8) | | Suspected positive | 3 (9.7) | 8 (11.3) | 5 (10.9) | 6 (10.7) | | Nonspecific inflammation | 1 (3.2) | 4 (5.6) | 2 (4.3) | 3 (5.3) | | Intestinal focal erosion | 1 (3.2) | 2 (2.8) | 1 (2.2) | 2 (3.6) | | Diverticulum (no bleeding tendency) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.8) | 1 (2.2) | 1 (1.8) | | Swelling (no bleeding tendency) | 1 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | | Negative | 5 (16.1) | 20 (28.2) | 10 (21.7) | 15 (26.8) |
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Data are expressed in number (%).
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