Poster Session D - Tuesday Morning
Category: GI Bleeding
Chris Casaccio, DO
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine/Wright Patterson AFB
Columbus, OH
Comparisons between patients with hemoglobin decrease of < 2 gm/dL vs. decrease of ≥2 gm/dL.
Characteristic | Hgb decrease < 2 gm/dL (N=1343) | Hgb decrease ≥2 gm/dL (N = 54) | p |
Age (mean ± standard deviation) | 72.5±10.1 | 72.8±9.7 |
0.91* |
Sex (no. and percent) Male Female | 1316 (98.0) 27 (2.0) | 52 (96.3) 2 (3.7) | 0.71** |
Race (no. and percent)1 Caucasian African American | 1189 (90.7) 122 (9.3) | 49 (92.5) 4 (7.5) | 0.85** |
HASBLED Score (mean ± standard deviation) | 2.24±1.08 | 2.44±1.09 |
0.19* |
Incidence of major GI bleed (no. and percent) | 30 (2.2%) | 11 (20.4%) |
< 0.001** |
GI referrals if ≥2 gm/dL decrease (no. and percent) |
| 15 (27.8%) |
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