Awareness of Iron Status Evaluation in UGIB

Awareness of the Need for the Evaluation of Iron Status Among Hospitalized Patients With Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06299007

Acronym

AISE

Enrollment

867

Registered

2024-03-07

Start date

2023-08-01

Completion date

2023-12-31

Last updated

2024-03-07

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Conditions

Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Keywords

upper gastrointestinal bleeding, Anemia, iron status, iron deficiency

Brief summary

BACKGROUND: Data on the awareness of the need to evaluate iron status and IDA prevalence in acute UGIB are limited. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the rate of evaluation of iron status and prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and the associated factors in patients with anemia hospitalized for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB).

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patients > 18 years of age who were admitted because of acute UGIB and were diagnosed with anemia from UGIB during hospitalization.

Exclusion criteria

* patients who had previously undergone endoscopy at another institution before admission * patients who had a definite cause of UGIB that was inconclusive * incomplete data for analysis.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
iron status measurement	During admission	iron status measurement during admission among patients hospitalized for acute UGIB.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Iron deficiency anemia	During admission	patients with anemia who had serum ferritin \< 30 μg/L and/or transferrin saturation \< 16%.

Countries

Thailand

Outcome results