BACKGROUND The large majority of gastrointestinal bleedings subside on their own or after endoscopic ***,a small number of these may pose a challenge in terms of therapy because the patients develop hemodynamic instab...
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BACKGROUND The large majority of gastrointestinal bleedings subside on their own or after endoscopic ***,a small number of these may pose a challenge in terms of therapy because the patients develop hemodynamic instability,and endoscopy does not achieve adequate *** radiology supplemented with catheter angiography(CA)and transarterial embolization have gained importance in recent *** To evaluate clinical predictors for angiography in patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding(LGIB).MeTHODS We compared two groups of patients in a retrospective *** group had been treated for more than 10 years with CA for LGIB(n=41).The control group had undergone non-endoscopic or endoscopic treatment for two years and been registered in a bleeding registry(n=92).The differences between the two groups were analyzed using decision trees with the goal of defining clear rules for optimal *** Patients in the CA group had a higher shock index,a higher Glasgow-Blatchford bleeding score(GBS),lower serum hemoglobin levels,and more rarely achieved hemostasis in primary *** patients needed more transfusions,had longer hospital stays,and had to undergo subsequent surgery more frequently(Pendoscopic hemostasis proved to be the crucial difference between the two patient *** endoscopic hemostasis,along with GBS and the number of transfusions,would permit a stratification of *** prospective confirmation of the present findings,the use of decision trees would permit the identification of patients at risk for subsequent diagnosis and treatment based on interventional radiology.
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