A pilot study of single-use endoscopy in screening acute gastrointestinal bleeding

Table 1 Clinical features and the findings of EG scan and esophagogastroduodenoscopy in all patients

No.	Age (yr)	Sex	Reason for endoscopy	Underlying disease/condition	EG scan		EGD
					Performance location	Bleeding status	Bleeding status	Diagnosis	Risk
1	52	M	Hematemesis	Heavy alcoholics	ER	Active	Active	Mallory-Weiss syndrome	High
2	47	F	Hematemesis	Liver cirrhosis	ER	Active	Active	Gastric varix bleeding	High
				ESRD
3	87	M	Hematemesis	Old stroke	ER	Inactive	Active	Gastric ulcer with bleeding	High
4	79	M	Melena	Pneumonia	ICU	Active	Active	Gastric ulcer with bleeding	High
				Abdominal aorta aneurysm
5	88	M	Melena	Cardiac arrest	ICU	Active	Active	Gastric ulcer with bleeding	High
				Pneumonia
6	74	M	Melena	Old stroke	ER	Inactive	Inactive	Duodenal ulcer	Low
7	63	M	Melena	Valvular heart disease	General ward	Inactive	Inactive	Gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer	Low
				Coumadin toxicity
8	85	F	Melena	Acute myocardial infarction	ICU	Active	Active	Gastric ulcer with bleeding	High
9	50	M	Melena	None	ER	Inactive	Inactive	Duodenal ulcer with visible vessel	High
10	72	F	Blood clots from NG tube for feeding	Stroke	ICU	Inactive	Inactive	Multiple gastric hematin,	Low
				Parkinson’s disease
11	89	F	Fresh blood from NG tube for feeding	Aspiration pneumonia	ICU	Active	Active	Gastric ulcer with bleeding	High
12	80	M	Fresh blood from NG tube for drainage	Postoperative state for gastric cancer	ICU	Active	Active	Anastomosis site bleeding	High
13	73	M	Hematemesis	COPD with acute exacerbation	ER	Active	Active	Hemoptysis (Ingestion of blood from lung cancer)	Not related
				Lung cancer

M: Male; F: Female; NG: Nasogastric; ER: Emergency room; ICU: Intensive care unit; Active: Blood; Inactive: Coffee ground or clear; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ESRD: End stage renal disease; EGD: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy.