Management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in emergency departments, from bleeding symptoms to diagnosis: a prospective, multicenter, observational study

Table 2 Final diagnosis

	Final diagnosis	n (%)
Endoscopy performed, n = 148 (76%)	Ulcers	44 (30)
	Gastritis	16 (11)
	Variceal bleeding	30 (20)
	Esophagitis	12 (8)
	Mallory-Weiss tear	7 (5)
	Cancer	12 (8)
	Lower gastrointestinal bleeding	5 (3)
	None	22 (15)^a
No endoscopy performed, n = 46 (24%)	Lower gastrointestinal bleeding	4 (9)
No endoscopy performed, n = 46 (24%)	None	42 (91)^b

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