[Value of emergency endoscopy in upper digestive hemorrhage]

The present study analyses 197 patients with acute upper GI bleeding; 161 men and 36 women, with mean age of 48 years (range, 2-89). Endoscopy showed a sensitivity of 98.35%; specificity of 33.33%; predictive positive value 94.71%; predictive negative value 62.50%; false positive rate 5.29% and false negative rate 37.50%. 8.93% of patients had been bleeding by two lesion and 0.57% had three or more lesion bleeding simultaneously. 42.65% of bleeding patients had other potential bleeding lesions: 32.96% had one 8.02% two and 1.67% more than three. 5.83% were Forrest I-A; 14.56% I-B; 74.76% II and 4.85% Forrest III. The greatest mortality rate was associated with high volume of transfused blood p < 0.05. No statistical differences was demonstrated between medical and surgical treatment (p > 0.05). The general mortality rate without intensive care was 12.37%; for peptic ulcer 9.18%; congestive gastritis 4.76%; esophageal varices 70% and acute gastritis 6.06%.