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- Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (N=97).
Variables Type of PPIs Regimen P-value Intermittent
(n=56)Continuous
(n=41)Age (years; mean ± SD) 66.0 ± 16.1 58.0 ± 19.5 0.116 Gender Male 19 (33.9) 13 (31.7) 0.345 Female 37 (66.1) 28 (68.3) Comorbidities Hypertension 4 (73.2) 18 (43.9) 0.401 Diabetes mellitus 30 (53.0) 17 (41.4) Chronic kidney diseases 9 (16.0) 5 (12.1) Ischemic heart disease 15 (26.7) 7 (17.0) Cerebrovascular accident 7(12.5) 7 (17.0) Peptic ulcer disease 5 (8.9) 8 (19.5) Heart failure 5 (8.9) 3 (7.3) Endoscopic findings (Forrest classification) Ia (Spurting) 0 1 Ib (Oozing) 5 10 IIa (Non-bleeding vessel) 3 6 IIb (Adherent clot) 2 2 IIc (Flat pigmented spot) 3 4 III (Clean based ulcer) 43 18 Values are presented as number and percentage (%). Continuous variables tested using independent sample t-test. Categorical variables tested using Chi-square test. Statistical significance at p<0.05. PPIs: proton pump inhibitors, SD: standard deviation
Outcomes Overall
(N=97)Type of PPIs regimen P-value Intermittent
(n=56)Continuous
(n=41)Rebleeding 6 (6.1) 5 (8.9) 1 (2.4) 0.396 Mortality 4 (4.1) 1 (1.7) 3 (7.3) 0.308 Length of stay (days) 9 4 5 0.067 Values are presented as number and percentage (%). Categorical variables tested using Chi-square test. Statistical significance at p<0.05. PPIs: proton pump inhibitors
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