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Background: Acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (ANVUGIB) is a common critical illness in clinical practice. Early gastroscopic intervention may detect the bleeding lesion, and endoscopic treatment can be performed if necessary. Aims: To explore the value of ultra-early emergency gastroscopy (performed within 4 hours of bleeding) in patients with ANVUGIB. Methods: A total of 120 patients with ANVUGIB admitted from December 2019 to October 2020 at the Jinhua Hospital were recruited in this retrospective study. All patients received an emergency gastroscopy after admission. According to the timing of emergency gastroscopy, they were divided into three groups: ultra-early group (gastroscopy performed within 4 hours of bleeding), early group (gastroscopy performed within 4-24 hours of bleeding), and routine group (gastroscopy performed within 24-48 hours of bleeding). The detection rate of bleeding lesion and efficacy of endoscopic intervention were compared between the three groups. Results: The detection rate of bleeding lesion in ultra-early group was moderately higher than that in early group and routine group with no significant difference (94.6% vs. 89.7% and 86.4%, P>0.05). There were no significant differences in immediate hemostasis rate, rebleeding rate and mortality rate between the three groups (P>0.05). But the time of oral feeding, amount of blood transfusion, as well as the length and cost of hospital stay in ultra-early group were superior to those in early group and routine group (P<0.05). Conclusions: Ultra-early emergency gastroscopy within 4 hours of bleeding can increase the detection rate of bleeding lesion, accelerate the time of oral feeding, and reduce the amount of blood transfusion. It is beneficial for establishing definite diagnosis and may guide the treatment regimen in patients with ANVUGIB.
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Objective To investigate the influence of follow-up treatment compliance on prognosis after gastroesophageal varices treated under endoscopy.Methods Up to 416 liver cirrhosis patients after gastroesophageal varices treated under endoscopy were follow-up and divided into compliance group and control group according to whether the patients had follow-up treatment compliance condition.The factors caused the difference of follow-up treatment compliance were analyzed.The differences in the follow-up indexes such as rebleeding,mortality,rehospitalization were compared between the two groups.The differences in indexes between two groups were stratifiedly analyzed according to liver function Child-Pugh classification.Chi-square four data table test was for two independent samples comparison.Results The differences of education level,income and the medical condition of residential area determined the difference of follow-up compliance.After gastroesophageal varices patients treated under endoscopy,the total rebleeding rate was 35.1 ％ (146/416) and and the mortality rate was 9.4％ (39/416).The rebleeding rate and mortality rate of the compliance group were significantly lower than those of control group (26.1％ (61/234) vs 46.7％(85/182),x2=19.137,P＜0.01; 6.4％(15/234) vs 13.2％(24/182),x2=5.533,P=0.019).Among the 273 Child-Pugh A level patients,the detection rate of liver cancer (3.7％,10/273),liver transplantation rate (3.7％,10/273),splenectomy plus portal azygous disconnection rate (6.6％,18/ 273) of compliance group were higher than those of control group (x2 =4.086,P =0.043; x2 =4.086,P=0.043; x2 =5.515,P=0.019).Among the 102 Child-Pugh B level patients,there were statistical differences between compliance group and control group in rebleeding rate (x2 =21.297,P＜0.01),motality (x2=3.525,P=0.042),ascites (x2=4.451,P=0.035),life quality (x2 =10.454,P=0.001) and liver function (x2 =8.197,P=0.004).However,there were no statistical differences in all indexes between the two groups of Child-Pugh C level patients (all P＞0.05).Conclusion To improve the follow-up treatment compliance remarkably,decreased the rebleeding rate and mortality,contributed to early detection of liver cancer and early liver transplatation,thus the prognosis was improved consequently.