Research Article
Evaluation of Six Preendoscopy Scoring Systems to Predict Outcomes for Older Adults with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Table 3
Characteristics of the elderly patients.
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| Sex (male/female) | 405 : 197 | Comorbidity | | Cirrhosis | 68 (10.0%) | Renal failure | 60 (9.9%) | Any malignancy | 56 (9.3%) | PCI | 60 (9.9%) | Heart failure | 18 (2.9%) | Hypertension | 336 (55.8%) | Diabetes | 118 (19.6%) | Chronic lung disease | 20 (3.3%) | Medications | | NSAIDs | 6 (1.0%) | Aspirin | 146 (24.3%) | Clopidogrel | 74 (12.3%) | Oral anticoagulants | 26 (4.3%) | Steroids | 8 (1.3%) | Relevant variables and scores components (median (IQR)) | | Systolic blood pressure(mmHg) | 124.5 (29) | Pulse (beats/min) | 79 (18) | Creatinine (μmol/L) | 83 (41) | Hemoglobin (g/L) | 88 (43) | Albumin (g/L) | 33.7 (8.63) | Urea (mmol/L) | 9.65 (9.7) | ASA score | 3 (1) | Mental status change | 34 (5.6%) | Findings at endoscopy | | Duodenal/gastric ulcer | 284 (47.2%) | Erosions | 48 (8.0%) | Upper GI cancer | 74 (12.3%) | Variceal bleeding | 58 (9.6%) | Esophagitis | 18 (2.9%) | Mallory-Weiss syndrome | 18 (2.9%) | Normal | 102 (16.9%) | Outcomes | | Death (total) | 48 (8.0%) | Intervention | 284 (47.2%) | Rebleeding | 130 (21.6%) | Scores (median (IQR)) | | AIMS65 | 1 (1) | GBS | 9 (5) | pRS | 3 (1) | MAP(ASH) | 3 (2) | -score | 9 (2) | ABC score | 4 (2) |
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PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; NSAIDs: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: IQR: interquartile range.
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