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Table 7 Multivariate Regression of Predictors of Mortality

From: Profile and outcome of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding presenting to urban emergency departments of tertiary hospitals in Tanzania

 

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Age > 40 years

7.0(1.7–29.2)

0.007

H/o Liver Disease

0.949(0.2–4.8)

0.949

Active Bleeding Episode in Ed

3.4(0.6–21.1)

0.185

Intravenous Fluid

1.7(0.4–7.7)

0.475

Antibiotics In ED

3.8(0.9–15.2)

0.055

Endoscopy

0.4(0.1–1.6)

0.198

Clinical Rockall Score ≥ 4*

6.4(1.8–22.8)

0.005

  1. *Cut-off value for clinical Rockall score as per study by Wang et al. [19]
  2. Variables included above are those with p value < 0.02 in the univariate analysis