EXPRESS: Time To Endoscopy and its Effect on Outcomes in Acute Nonvariceal and Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

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Observational analysis showed time to endoscopy influences stigmata identification in UGIB patients, highlighting treatment timing importance.

Shorter time to endoscopy increases the likelihood of identifying stigmata of bleeding.
Identifying stigmata of bleeding decreased significantly with longer wait times for endoscopy at 2, 6, and 12 hours.
Endoscopy within 3 hours is linked to reduced length of stay in low-risk non-variceal UGIB patients.
Transfusions, rebleeding, surgery, mortality, and ICU admissions did not vary with endoscopy timing.

Eid et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Observational analysis showed time to endoscopy influences stigmata identification in UGIB patients, highlighting treatment timing importance.