One fifth of hospitalizations for peptic ulcer-related bleeding are potentially preventable

Table 3 Comparison of outcomes during hospitalization for patients classified as “high risk” with those “not high risk” according to concurrent medication use (see text) n (%)

	High Risk	Not High Risk	P value
	(n = 174)	(n = 333)
Median Rockall Score (IQR)
Pre-endoscopic	3 (2-4)	3 (1-4)	< 0.0011
Complete	5 (4-6)	4 (3-6)	0.0021
Median packed red cells units transfused (IQR)	3 (1-4)	2 (0-4)	0.1941
Median length of stay in days (IQR)	5 (3-10)	4 (3-7)	0.0431
Rebleeding	13 (7.5)	42 (12.6)	0.0772
Need for surgery	4 (2.3)	17 (5.1)	0.1322
In-hospital mortality	1 (0.6)3	13 (3.9)4	0.0302

¹Mann-Whitney test;

²χ² test;

³Cause of death: uncontrolled bleeding (1);

⁴Cause of death: Decompensated heart failure (1), acute myocardial infarction (2), advanced malignancy (5), decompensated cirrhosis (1), hospital acquired pneumonia (1), uncontrolled bleeding (1), uncertain from case notes (2). IQR: Interquartile range.