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Table 2 Clinical outcomes after rebleeding in patients with small bowel angioectasia

From: Frequency and risk factors for rebleeding events in patients with small bowel angioectasia

 

Patients with rebleeding

Number

23

Bleeding pattern (overt/occult)

12/11

Blood transfusion, number (%)

11 (47.8)

Minimum hemoglobin value after rebleeding, g/dl

9.1 ± 2.4

Endoscopic treatment, number (%)

8 (34.8)

Controlled by the end of the follow-up period*, number (%)

18 (78.3)

Iron replacement therapy after rebleeding, number (%)

23 (100)

Hemoglobin value at the end of the follow-up period, g/dl

11.4 ± 2.1

  1. *We defined OGIB as controlled if there was no further overt bleeding within 6 months and the hemoglobin level did not drop below 10 g/dl by the time of the final examination.