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Table 5 Surgical Intervention across the cohort and within 24H of admission

From: A clinical predictive model for risk stratification of patients with severe acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Surgical intervention

n (%)

Emergency surgery during admission (total cohort)

48 (7.4)

 Haemorrhoidectomy

24 (3.7)

 Colectomy

11 (1.7)

 Colostomy

10 (1.5)

 Small bowel resection

3 (0.5)

Emergency surgery within 24H of admission

12 (1.8)

 Haemorrhoidectomy, EUA and haemostasis

8 (1.2)

 Colostomy

2 (0.3)

 Laparotomy, enterotomy, endoscopic clipping of jejunal AVM

1 (0.2)

 Right hemicolectomy

1 (0.2)

  1. EUA examination under anaesthesia, AVM arteriovenous malformation