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Table 2 Frequencies of specific diagnoses among 50,497 ANVUGIB Episodes

From: Risk factors of short-term mortality after acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients on dialysis: a population-based study

 

Count

Proportion of episodes

Esophageal ulcer/hemorrhage

6,370

12.6%

Gastric ulcer with hemorrhage

9,788

19.4%

Duodenal ulcer with hemorrhage

5,152

10.2%

Peptic ulcer with hemorrhage

1,166

2.3%

Gastrojejunal ulcer with hemorrhage

397

0.8%

Gastritis/duodenitis with hemorrhage

14,702

29.1%

Angiodysplasia/Dieulafoy lesion with hemorrhage

4,479

8.9%

Hematemesis

17,643

34.9%

  1. Note: A single episode might have had more than one diagnosis associated with it.