Treatment of Nonvariceal Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage by Transcatheter Embolization

Table 1

Demographics and characteristics of 200 patients who had mesenteric angiogram for acute GI hemorrhage.

Characteristics	Results
Angiographic sensitivity	114 (57%)
Median age	55 years
Gender
Male	134 (76%)
Female	66 (33%)
Presenting complaints
Hematemesis	28 (14%)
Melena	66 (33%)
Perrectal bleeding	106 (53%)
Prior investigation
Upper GI endoscopy	93
Positive	66 (71%)
Negative	27 (29%)
RBC-tagged scintigraphy	62
Positive	49 (79%)
Negative	13 (21%)
Prior blood transfusion	145 (72.5%)
Coagulation profile
Normal	124 (62%)
Deranged	76 (38%)
Comorbid
No comorbid	44 (22%)
Chronic liver disease	24 (12%)
Hypertension	22 (11%)
Diabetes mellitus	15 (7.5%)
Chronic renal failure	20 (10%)
Malignancy	21 (10.5%)
Trauma	10 (5.0%)
Infectious diseases	28 (14%)
Misc	16 (8.0%)