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Outcome as measured by clinical rebleeding (12\n                    <jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>\n                    5), requirement for emergency operation (14\n                    <jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>\n                    8), blood transfusion (2\n                    <jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>\n                    3 units), hospital stay (4\n                    <jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>\n                    4 days), ulcer healing at four weeks (79.1%\n                    <jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>\n                    74%), and in hospital mortality (7\n                    <jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>\n                    8) were not significantly different in the two groups. In the subgroup of patients with spurting haemorrhage 8\/27 (29.6%; 14.5% to 50.3%) patients from the adrenaline injection alone group and 2\/31 (6.5%; 1.1% to 22.9%) patients from the dual treatment group required operative intervention. The relative risk of this was lower in the dual treatment group (0.17; 0.03 to 0.87). Hospital stay was significantly shorter in the dual treatment group than the adrenaline injection alone group (4\n                    <jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>\n                    6 days, P = 0.01).\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The addition of heat probe treatment after endoscopic adrenaline injection confers an advantage in ulcers with spurting haemorrhage.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:boxed-text position=\"float\">\n                      <jats:sec>\n                        <jats:title>Key messages<\/jats:title>\n                        <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                          <jats:list-item>\n                            <jats:p>Endoscopic injection of adrenaline alone is effective in stopping bleeding peptic ulcers<\/jats:p>\n                          <\/jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:list-item>\n                            <jats:p>Further bleeding after adrenaline injection alone, however, occurs in 15-20% of patients, and the addition of heat probe thermocoagulation may improve permanent haemostasis and therefore patient outcome<\/jats:p>\n                          <\/jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:list-item>\n                            <jats:p>When compared with adrenaline injection alone the dual treatment significantly reduced the requirement for operative intervention and the length of hospital stay in the subgroup of patients with spurting ulcer haemorrhage<\/jats:p>\n                          <\/jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:list-item>\n                            <jats:p>In the endoscopic treatment of spurting ulcer haemorrhage heat probe thermocoagulation should be added after adrenaline injection<\/jats:p>\n                          <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <\/jats:list>\n                      <\/jats:sec>\n                    <\/jats:boxed-text>\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.314.7090.1307","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,10,27]],"date-time":"2011-10-27T19:46:19Z","timestamp":1319744779000},"page":"1307","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":176,"title":["Randomised comparison between adrenaline injection alone and adrenaline injection plus heat probe treatment for actively bleeding ulcers"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"314","author":[{"given":"Sydney S C","family":"Chung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James Y W","family":"Lau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joseph J Y","family":"Sung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Angus C W","family":"Chan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"C W","family":"Lai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Enders K W","family":"Ng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francis K L","family":"Chan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"M Y","family":"Yung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arthur K C","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1997,5,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025122314012826000_314.7090.1307.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Swain CP Kirkham JS Salmon PR Bown SG Northfield TC . 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