From: Validation of the new ABC score for predicting 30-day mortality in gastrointestinal bleeding
Cause of bleeding in UGIB patients – no. (%) | UGIB |
---|---|
Peptic ulcer disease | 90 (48.6) |
Esophageal/gastric varices | 31 (16.8) |
Unknown | 28 (15.1) |
Luminal GI cancer | 11 (5.9) |
Arterio-venous malformation | 11 (5.9) |
Dieulafoy’s lesion | 5 (2.7) |
Mallory Weiss tear | 2 (1.1) |
Mesenteric ischemia | 2 (1.1) |
Anastomotic lesions | 2 (1.1) |
Cameron lesion | 1 (0.5) |
Polyp | 1 (0.5) |
Post-sphincterotomy | 1 (0.5) |