Cardiopulmonary prognosis of prophylactic endotracheal intubation in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding undergoing endoscopy

Yufang Lin, Fei’er Song, Weiyue Zeng, Yichi Han, Xiujuan Chen, Xuanhui Chen, Yu Ouyang, Xueke Zhou, Guoxiang Zou, Ruirui Wang, Huixian Li, Xin Li

Table 2. Outcomes of the PEI group and the non-PEI group—crude and adjusted

Outcomes Unmatched data Matched data PEI (n=108) Non-PEI (n=838) P-value PEI (n=50) Non-PEI (n=100) P-value Cardiopulmonary outcomes 57 (52.8) 248 (29.6) <0.001 29 (58.0) 30 (30.3) 0.001 Cardiac arrest 4 (3.7) 2 (0.2) <0.001a 3 (6.0) 0 (0.0) 0.010c Myocardial infarction 1 (0.9) 17 (2.0) 0.678a 1 (2.0) 5 (5.0) 0.659a Arrhythmia 17 (15.7) 103 (12.3) 0.311 11 (22.0) 11 (11.0) 0.073 Shock/hypotension 45 (41.7) 146 (17.4) <0.001 22 (44.0) 11 (11.0) <0.001 Aspiration 1 (0.9) 7 (0.8) 1.000 1 (2.0) 1 (1.0) 1.000a Pneumonia 6 (5.6) 24 (2.9) 0.133 5 (10.0) 3 (3.0) 0.158a Pulmonary edema 5 (4.6) 1 (0.1) <0.001a 3 (6.0) 0 (0.0) 0.010c Post-endoscopy vasopressor use within 48 h 35 (32.4) 55 (6.6) <0.001 11 (22.0) 10 (10.0) 0.046 Post-endoscopy antibacterial use within 48 h 28 (25.9) 131 (15.6) 0.007 16 (32.0) 25 (25.0) 0.364 Radiology within 48 h 16 (14.8) 85 (10.1) 0.139 7 (14.0) 8 (8.0) 0.248 Red blood cells infusion within 48 h 72 (66.7) 453 (54.1) 0.013 31 (62.0) 44 (44.0) 0.038 Hospital LOS, d 9.62 (5.42-16.41) 4.89 (3.11-8.06) <0.001b 9.71 (5.63-15.16) 5.50 (3.40-10.53) 0.001b ICU LOS, d 3.44 (1.80-6.19) 1.81 (0.96-2.74) <0.001b 3.57 (1.69-6.49) 1.90 (1.02-2.98) <0.001b In-hospital mortality 16 (14.8) 23 (2.7) <0.001 9 (18.0) 2 (2.0) 0.002a