Results: We found that hepatic encephalopathy, rebleeding within 24 hours in initial endoscopy, units of packed red blood cell transfusion with the first 24 hours, Child-Pugh score, prothrombin time, serum bilirubin, albumin, and creatinin were significantly different among non-survivors and survivors, although hepatic encephalopathy and rebleeding within 24 hours in initial endoscopy were parameters which were independently predictors of mortality in a multivariate analysis.