Table 3

Complications in patients with cancer or cirrhosis, and patients without cancer and cirrhosis

Analysis
Patients with cancer or cirrhosis N = 19
Patients without cancer and cirrhosis N = 48


Presentation
Presentation


Acute
Chronic
N (% of total)
Acute
Chronic
N (% of total)

Portal hypertensive gastropathy
4 (40%)
3 (33%)
7 (37%)
5 (29%)
16 (52%)
21 (44%)
Gastric varices
4 (40%)
4 (44%)
8 (42%)
4 (24%)
16 (52%)
20 (42%)
Oesophageal varices, small
4 (40%)
6 (67%)
10 (53%)
7 (41%)
18 (58%)
25 (52%)
Oesophageal varices, large
1 (10%)
1 (11%)
2 (11%)
1 (6%)
10 (32%)
1 (23%)
Haemorrhages (1–2)
2 (20%)
4 (44%)
6 (32%)
0
10 (32%)
10 (21%)
Haemorrhages (repeated)
3 (30%)
1 (11%)
4 (21%)
0
4 (13%)
4 (8%)
Ascites
4 (40%)
4 (44%)
8 (42%)
8 (47%)
12 (39%)
20 (42%)
Total
10 (53%)
9 (47%)
19 (100%)
17 (35%)
31 (65%)
51 (100%)

*Data are presented as N of total number and % within acute/chronic presentation.

Sogaard et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2007 7:34   doi:10.1186/1471-230X-7-34