Rebleeding in peptic ulcer bleeding - a nationwide cohort study of 19,537 patients

BACKGROUND: Rebleeding is a frequent complication of peptic ulcer bleeding (PUB). The associated prognosis remains rather unclear because previous studies generally also included non-ulcer lesions.

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to identify predictors for rebleeding; clarify the prognostic consequence of rebleeding; and develop a score for predicting rebleeding.

METHODS: Nationwide cohort study of consecutive patients presenting to hospital with PUB in Denmark from 2006-2014. Logistic regression analyses were used to identify predictors for rebleeding, evaluate the association between rebleeding and 30-day mortality, and develop a score to predict rebleeding. Patients with persistent bleeding were excluded.

RESULTS: Among 19,258 patients (mean age 74 years, mean ASA-score 2.4), 10.8% rebled, and 10.2% died. Strongest predictors for rebleeding were endoscopic high-risk stigmata of bleeding (Odds Ratio (OR): 2.12 [95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.91-2.36]), bleeding from duodenal ulcers (OR: 1.87 [95% CI: 1.69-2.08]), and presentation with hemodynamic instability (OR: 1.55 [95% CI: 1.38-1.73]). Among patients with all three factors (7.9% of total), 24% rebled, 50% with rebleeding failed endoscopic therapy, and 23% died. Rebleeding was associated with increased mortality (OR: 2.04 [95% CI: 1.78-2.32]). We were unable to develop an accurate score to predict rebleeding.

CONCLUSION: Rebleeding occurs in ∼10% of patients with PUB and is overall associated with a two-fold increase in 30-day mortality. Patients with hemodynamic instability, duodenal ulcers, and high-risk endoscopic stigmata are at highest risk of rebleeding. When rebleeding occurs in such patients, consultation with surgery and/or interventional radiology should be obtained prior to repeat endoscopy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:57

Enthalten in:

Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 57(2022), 12 vom: 05. Dez., Seite 1423-1429

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Laursen, Stig B [VerfasserIn]
Stanley, Adrian J [VerfasserIn]
Laine, Loren [VerfasserIn]
Schaffalitzky de Muckadell, Ove B [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Mortality (MeSH term)
Peptic ulcer hemorrhage (MeSH term)
Rebleeding
Risk assessment (MeSH term)

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Date Completed 01.12.2022

Date Revised 06.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/00365521.2022.2098050

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34373348X