Table 1 Death from procedure-independent causes other than esophageal bleeding (n = 32).
From: Differences in bleeding behavior after endoscopic band ligation: a retrospective analysis
Death of septicaemia: | 9 |
Death of haemorrhagic shock by intrabdominal bleeding (bleeding from intestinal tumor, intraabdominal vessels in liver hilus and omentum majus): | 3 |
Death of haemorrhagic shock by gastric or duodenal bleeding: | 4 |
Death of liver failure, hepatorenal syndrom and liver malignoma (HCC: 3, metastases of colon carcinoma: 1, by haemangioendothelioma: 1) | 12 |
Death of acute renal failure due to plasmocytoma | 1 |
Death of pulmonary oedema due to malignant infiltration: | 1 |
Death of cerebral oedema due to brain haemorrhage: | 1 |
Death of ventricular fibrillation: | 1 |