Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Table 3 Demographical and clinical data of the patients that are included in the study

From: Validity of modified early warning, Glasgow Blatchford, and pre-endoscopic Rockall scores in predicting prognosis of patients presenting to emergency department with upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Data		Number	Percent
Gender	Female	84	41.6
Gender	Male	118	58.4
Complaint	Melena	91	45.0
	Hematemesis	96	47.5
	Hematochezia	5	2.5
	Syncope	1	0.5
	Dizziness	2	1.0
	Stomachache	1	0.5
	Active bleeding^a	6	3.0
RT finding	Melena	125	61.9
	No Melena	57	28.2
	Rectum empty	12	5.9
	Hematochezia	8	4.0
Endoscopic treatment	Sclerotherapy	29	52.7
	Adrenalin injection	2	3.6
	Band ligation	20	36.4
	Other	4	7.3
Bleeding type	Varicous	59	29.2
Bleeding type	Non varicous	143	70.8
Hospital outcome	Discharge	40	19.8
	Hospitalization	151	74.8
	Death	11	5.4
One month later result	Normal	158	82.7
	Rebleeding	24	12.6
	Death	9	4.7
Hospitalization place	Service	112	69.1
Hospitalization place	Intensive care unit	50	30.9
Blood transfusion	Applied	146	72.3
Blood transfusion	Not applied	56	27.7
Bleeding at follow-up	Bleeding	34	16.8
Bleeding at follow-up	Not bleeding	168	83.2

^aActive bleeding, fresh red gushing bleeding from mouth and rectum

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