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Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding
BMJ, 2018### What you need to know Bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract (oesophagus, stomach, and duodenum) occurs in approximately 100 per 100 000 people annually.12 It is a medical emergency associated with substantial mortality. A UK audit in 2007 found an overall mortality of 10%.3 This practice pointer provides a guide to the initial management ...
Lars Agreus +6 more
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UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT BLEEDING [PDF]
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1996 Upper GI bleeding is a serious and common emergency. Most upper GI bleeding will stop spontaneously but determining which patients will continue to bleed or rebleed is very difficult in the ED. Resuscitation and stabilization are the primary goals of the emergency physician.
Walter J. Coyle, Timothy D. McQuirk
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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
2018Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a life-threatening condition that accounts for a significant number of hospitalizations, leading to considerable morbidity, mortality, and resource utilization. UGIB has a multitude of causes, with peptic ulcer disease and varices being the most common, and disproportionately affects the elderly with a higher ...
Steven C. Stain, Marcel Tafen
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Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, 2007Nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB) is an important condition facing gastroenterologists. The focus of this article is the management of NVUGIB, with a particular emphasis on the endoscopic modalities and techniques that are most effective for various bleeding etiologies.
Peter D. Stevens, Christopher J. DiMaio
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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
2013Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common problem and frequently generates a consult for the acute care surgeon. Although very few patients with this complaint ultimately have any surgical intervention, surgeons have historically been intimately involved in the management of UGIB patients. With the discovery of Helicobacter pylori, effective H.
Peter Rhee, Lynn Gries
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Management of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1991As the number of elderly Americans dramatically increases over the next three decades, as the amount of NSAID usage in the elderly continues to increase, and as the incidence of ulcer disease continues to increase in the elderly, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy will play an increasingly important role in the management of gastrointestinal hemorrhage ...
John P. Papp, John P. Papp
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Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Critical Care Clinics, 2016In the intensive care unit, vigilance is needed to manage nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding. A focused history and physical examination must be completed to identify inciting factors and the need for hemodynamic stabilization. Although not universally used, risk stratification tools such as the Blatchford and Rockall scores can facilitate ...
Kia Saeian, Syed I. Rahman
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Nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2014Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the most common medical emergencies. It is important to recognize potential etiologies of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and understand therapeutic modalities available in achieving hemostasis. This article summarizes guidelines in management of acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding and ...
Tina Park, Wahid Wassef
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The Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed
Surgical Clinics of North America, 2018Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), defined as intraluminal hemorrhage proximal to the ligament of Treitz, can range from mild and asymptomatic to massive life-threatening hemorrhage. For the purposes of this article, the authors define an acute UGIB to be one that results in new acute symptoms and is, therefore, potentially life-threatening.
Carlos A. Pelaez, David W. Nelms
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Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
1978Hourly sampling of gastric contents overnight through a nasogastric tube in patients with upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage may show one of three patterns high night acidity, suggesting duodenal ulcer nocturnal neutralisation, suggesting chronic gastric ulcer achlorhydria, suggesting acute erosion or ulceration.
J. H. Baron, J. H. Baron
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