Role of lactate level in predicting admission need to intensive care unit and short term outcomes in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 3 Endoscopic findings and interventions among the studied groups

	Blood lactate level		P
	Normal (n = 100)	Elevated (n = 200)	P
Endoscopic findings
Gastroesophageal varices	62 (62%)	120 (60%)	0.41
PHG	47 (47%)	107 (53.5%)	0.17
Gastric ulcer	27 (27%)	53 (26.5%)	0.51
Duodenal ulcer	14 (14%)	23 (11.5%)	0.32
Angiodysplasia	12 (12%)	34 (17%)	0.16
Mallory Weiss syndrome	5 (5%)	3 (1.5%)	0.08
Dieulafoy lesion	2 (2%)	0	0.11
Endoscopic hemostasis			0.54
Band ligation/histoacryl injection	62 (62%)	120 (60%)
Endoscopic clips	8 (8%)	10 (5%)
Adrenaline injection	25 (25%)	67 (33.5%)
APC	5 (5%)	3 (1.5%)
Angioembolization	6 (6%)	9 (4.5%)	0.19
Surgical intervention	2 (2%)	3 (1.5%)	0.07

Data expressed as number (percentage). P value considered significant if < 0.05. PHG Portal hypertensive gastropathy, APC argon plasma coagulation