Article Figures & Data
Figures
- Figure 1
CONSORT diagram. Patients included in the study are shown. CONSORT, Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials.
- Figure 2
Actively bleeding varix in the jejunum. Shown is a pooled blood (seen in the left center portion of the image) from a bleeding varix.
Tables
- Table 1
Demographic data
Location of varices P value Ectopic (n=25)
Mean (±SD) or n (%)Esophageal (n=50)
Mean (±SD) or n (%)Age, mean, years 54 (±12) 58 (±11) NS Gender Male 15 (60) 31 (62) NS Female 10 (40) 19 (38) NS Race African American 6 (24) 12 (24) NS Caucasian 19 (76) 37 (74) NS Hispanic 0 (0) 1 (2) NS NS, not significant.
- Table 2
Laboratory and clinical features
Location of varices P value Ectopic (n=25)
Mean (±SD) or n (%)Esophageal (n=50)
Mean (±SD) or n (%)Hemoglobin level, mean, g/dL 7.4 7.2 NS Units of red blood cells, median transfused 2.5 (1–37) 2 (0–30) NS MELD score (patients with cirrhosis only), mean 15 (±7) 20 (±9) <0.042 ICU admission (initial admission) 11 (44) 48 (96) <0.01 Octreotide administration 14 (56) 50 (100) <0.01 Prophylactic antibiotic use 13 (52) 50 (100) <0.01 Angiographic evaluation 18 (72) Evaluation with EUS 6 (24) Small-bowel enteroscopy 3 (12) Capsule endoscopy 2 (8) EUS, endoscopic ultrasonography; ICU, intensive care unit; MELD, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease; NS, not significant.
- Table 3
Outcomes
Location of varices P value Ectopic (n=25)
Mean (±SD) or n (%)Esophageal (n=50)
Mean (±SD) or n (%)Clinical outcome Readmission for bleeding 11 (44) 13 (26) NS TIPS (patients with cirrhosis only) 14/21 (67) 28/50 (56) NS Hepatic venous pressure gradient Pre-TIPS (mm Hg) 17 (±5) 24 (±8) <0.01 Post-TIPS (mm Hg) 6 (±3) 8 (±4) NS Repeat bleeding after TIPS 1 (7) 1 (4) NS Time to readmission, median (range), days 87 (8–515) 90 (3–775) NS 1-year all-cause mortality 2 (8) 17 (35) <0.05 NS, not significant; TIPS, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
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