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Table 4 The association of factors for transfusion in patients with variceal bleeding

From: Usefulness of the d-dimer to albumin ratio for risk assessment in patients with acute variceal bleeding at the emergency department: retrospective observational study

Factor

Non- Transfusion (N = 23)

Transfusion (N = 95)

Need for transfusion

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjust ORa (95% CI)

D-dimer to albumin ratio > 121, n (%)

12 (52.2%)

78 (82.1%)

4.206 (1.591–11.116)

4.680 (1.703–12.862)

MEWS

1 (1–4)

3 (1–10)

1.839 (1.226–2.760)

1.883 (1.228–2.888)

MELD

12 (8–29)

15 (7–37)

1.170 (1.040–1.315)

1.176 (1.042–1.326)

Child–Pugh score

7 (5–11)

7 (5–14)

1.631 (1.146–2.319)

1.626 (1.140–2.319)

GBS

7 (0–12)

13 (6–18)

1.967 (1.487–2.602)

2.116 (1.537–2.915)

AIMS65 score

1 (0–2)

2 (0–5)

2.619 (1.494–4.592)

3.889 (1.880–8.043)

Rockall Score (Pre-endoscopy)

3 (0–5)

4 (2–7)

2.040 (1.283–3.245)

2.931 (1.609–5.340)

Shock index

0.74 (0.42–1.13)

0.97 (0.26–1.88)

22.516 (3.194–158.725)

21.796 (2.944–161.351)

  1. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, MEWS Modified early warning score, MELD Model for end-stage liver disease, GBS Glasgow-blatchford score
  2. aControlling for centered age, sex, and recent hemorrhage after endoscopy