FAILURE TO CONTROL BLEEDING IN VARICEAL UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding may occur from either variceal or non-variceal sources. Failure to control bleeding is defined as an impossibility to manage the bleeding, including death, or rebleeding in the interval from the onset of bleeding and day 5. The aim of the study was to identify the main predictive factors of failure to control bleeding in variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in cirrhotic patients.