Table 4

Cause of death by type of procedure

Causes of death by procedure		No of patients, n (%)	EGD, n (%)	Colonoscopy, n (%)	ERCP, n (%)	EUS, n (%)	EUS with FNA, n (%)	PEG, n (%)
GI	Oncological progression	45 (17.9)	40 (20.2)	4 (7.8)	5 (27.8)	5 (33.3)	4 (57.1)	2 (33.3)
	GI bleeding	26 (10.4)	24 (12.1)	3 (5.9)	1 (5.6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	Liver failure	20 (7.9)	19 (9.6)	3 (5.9)	1 (5.6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	GI or hepatobiliary infection	16 (6.4)	11 (5.6)	2 (3.9)	1 (5.6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (16.7)
	GI ischaemia	11 (4.4)	10 (5.1)	4 (7.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	Ileus	2 (0.8)	1 (0.5)	2 (3.9)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	Pancreatitis	1 (0.4)	1 (0.5)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (6.7)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Non-GI	Oncological/haematological progression	27 (10.8)	21 (10.6)	6 (11.8)	2 (11.2)	2 (13.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	Pneumonia or respiratory failure	24 (9.6)	17 (8.6)	6 (11.8)	0 (0)	1 (6.7)	0 (0)	1 (16.7)
	Heart failure or myocardial ischaemia	22 (8.8)	12 (6.1)	8 (15.7)	4 (22.4)	3 (20.0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	Infection	16 (6.8)	14 (7.1)	4 (7.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	Cardiac arrest of unknown aetiology	16 (6.8)	10 (5.1)	7 (13.7)	2 (11.2)	1 (6.7)	1 (14.3)	0 (0)
	Neurologic	7 (2.8)	5 (2.5)	0 (0)	2 (11.2)	2 (13.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	Assisted suicide	4 (1.6)	3 (1.5)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (16.7)
	Other	5 (2.0)	4 (2)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (14.3)	0 (0)
	Kidney failure	1 (0.4)	1 (0.5)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Missing data		8 (3.2)	5 (2.5)	2 (3.9)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (14.3)	1 (16.7)
Total		251	198 (100)	51 (100)	18 (100)	15 (100)	7 (100)	6 (100)

EGD, oesophagogastroduodenoscopy; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EUS, endoscopic ultrasound; FNA, fine-needle aspiration; GI, gastrointestinal; PEG, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.