Upper-gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to peptic ulcer disease: Incidence and outcomes

Table 2 Characteristics of patients admitted to hospital with incidence of gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to peptic ulcer disease n (%)

	All hospitalized patients with UGIB Secondary to PUD	Patients admitted for UGIB Secondary to PUD
	n =7079	n = 4713
Female	2784 (39.3)	1841 (39.1)
Age ≥ 65 yr	4307 (60.8)	2720 (57.7)
Rural	1318 (18.6)	883 (18.7)
Underwent upper endoscopy	5422 (76.6)	3466 (73.5)
Underwent interventional radiology treatment	42 (0.6)	26 (0.6)
Underwent both interventional radiology and surgery1	10 (23.8)	7 (26.7)
Comorbidities
No comorbidities	3016 (42.6)	2491 (52.9)
1-2 comorbidities	2329 (32.9)	1460 (31.0)
≥ 3 comorbidities	1734 (24.5)	762 (16.2)
In-hospital mortality	601/7079 (8.5)	175/4722 (3.7)
30-d readmission with UGIB secondary to PUD2	301/6478 (4.7)	229/4538 (5.1)
Surgical intervention	305/7079 (4.3)	200/4722 (4.2)

¹Percentage reflects the proportion of patients who underwent surgery among those patients undergoing an interventional radiology intervention;

²Those who died in hospital were excluded from the calculation for readmission. UGIB: Gastrointestinal bleeding; PUD: Peptic ulcer disease.