Background & aim: Although acute lower GI bleeding (LGIB) represents a significant healthcare burden, prospective real-life data on management and outcomes are scanty. Present multicentre, prospective cohort study was aimed at evaluating mortality and associated risk factors and at describing patient management. Methods: Adult outpatients acutely admitted for or developing LGIB during hospitalization were consecutively enrolled in 15 high-volume referral centers. Demographics, comorbidities, medications, interventions and outcomes were recorded. Results: Overall 1,198 patients (1060 new admissions;138 inpatients) were included. Most patients were elderly (mean-age 74±15 years), 31% had a Charlson-Comorbidity-Index ≥3, 58% were on antithrombotic therapy. In-hospital mortality (primary outcome) was 3.4% (95%CI 2.5–4.6). At logistic regression analysis, independent predictors of mortality were increasing age, comorbidity, inpatient status, hemodynamic instability at presentation, and ICU-admission. Colonoscopy had a 78.8% diagnostic yield, with significantly higher hemostasis rate when performed within 24-hours than later (21.3% vs.10.8%, p = 0.027). Endoscopic hemostasis was associated with neither in-hospital mortality nor rebleeding. A definite or presumptive source of bleeding was disclosed in 90.4% of investigated patients. Conclusion: Mortality in LGIB patients is mainly related to age and comorbidities. Although early colonoscopy has a relevant diagnostic yield and is associated with higher therapeutic intervention rate, endoscopic hemostasis is not associated with improved clinical outcomes [ClinicalTrial.gov number: NCT 04364412].

Radaelli, F., Frazzoni, L., Repici, A., Rondonotti, E., Mussetto, A., Feletti, V., Spada, C., Manes, G., Segato, S., Grassi, E. M., Musso, A., Di Giulio, E., Coluccio, C., Manno, M., De Nucci, G., Festa, V., Di Leo, A., Marini, M., Ferraris, L., Feliziani, M., Amato, A., Soriani, P., Del Bono, C., Paggi, S., Hassan, C., Fuccio, L., Clinical management and patient outcomes of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. A multicenter, prospective, cohort study, <<DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE>>, 2021; 53 (9): 1141-1147. [doi:10.1016/j.dld.2021.01.002] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/250894]

Clinical management and patient outcomes of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. A multicenter, prospective, cohort study

Spada, Cristiano;Grassi, Elisa Maria;Marini, Martina;Amato, Arianna;Hassan, Cesare;
2021

Abstract

Background & aim: Although acute lower GI bleeding (LGIB) represents a significant healthcare burden, prospective real-life data on management and outcomes are scanty. Present multicentre, prospective cohort study was aimed at evaluating mortality and associated risk factors and at describing patient management. Methods: Adult outpatients acutely admitted for or developing LGIB during hospitalization were consecutively enrolled in 15 high-volume referral centers. Demographics, comorbidities, medications, interventions and outcomes were recorded. Results: Overall 1,198 patients (1060 new admissions;138 inpatients) were included. Most patients were elderly (mean-age 74±15 years), 31% had a Charlson-Comorbidity-Index ≥3, 58% were on antithrombotic therapy. In-hospital mortality (primary outcome) was 3.4% (95%CI 2.5–4.6). At logistic regression analysis, independent predictors of mortality were increasing age, comorbidity, inpatient status, hemodynamic instability at presentation, and ICU-admission. Colonoscopy had a 78.8% diagnostic yield, with significantly higher hemostasis rate when performed within 24-hours than later (21.3% vs.10.8%, p = 0.027). Endoscopic hemostasis was associated with neither in-hospital mortality nor rebleeding. A definite or presumptive source of bleeding was disclosed in 90.4% of investigated patients. Conclusion: Mortality in LGIB patients is mainly related to age and comorbidities. Although early colonoscopy has a relevant diagnostic yield and is associated with higher therapeutic intervention rate, endoscopic hemostasis is not associated with improved clinical outcomes [ClinicalTrial.gov number: NCT 04364412].
2021
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Radaelli, F., Frazzoni, L., Repici, A., Rondonotti, E., Mussetto, A., Feletti, V., Spada, C., Manes, G., Segato, S., Grassi, E. M., Musso, A., Di Giulio, E., Coluccio, C., Manno, M., De Nucci, G., Festa, V., Di Leo, A., Marini, M., Ferraris, L., Feliziani, M., Amato, A., Soriani, P., Del Bono, C., Paggi, S., Hassan, C., Fuccio, L., Clinical management and patient outcomes of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. A multicenter, prospective, cohort study, <<DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE>>, 2021; 53 (9): 1141-1147. [doi:10.1016/j.dld.2021.01.002] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/250894]
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