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Table 1 Demographic, Medication, and Intervention Statistics

From: Predicting the need for urgent endoscopic intervention in lower gastrointestinal bleeding: a retrospective review

Demographics

 

Sample size

142

Variables

 

Tachycardia at triage

65 (45.8%)

Systolic hypotension at triage

5 (3.5%)

Hgb drop > 20

48 (36.1%)

Hemoglobin data not available

9 (12.8%)

On anticoagulant

23 (16.2%)

Anticoagulant by type:

 

Warfarin

9 (6.3%)

Rivaroxaban

6 (4.2%)

Apixaban

5 (3.5%)

Dabigatran

1 (0.7%)

Enoxaparin

1 (0.7%)

Heparin

1 (0.7%)

Intervention

 

Received colonoscopy

142 (100%)

Underwent intervention during colonoscopy

65

Underwent intervention for hemostasis during colonoscopy

16

Hemostatic Clipping

14

Polypectomy

25

Endoscopic band ligation

1

Argon Plasma Coagulation

1

Biopsy

17