Approach to Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding - When to Treat?
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding from peptic ulcer is a life threatening emergency. Clinical risk factors for fatal outcome have been defined, and endoscopic predictors for rebleeding have been identified. Active ulcer bleeding at endoscopy carries an 80% chance of persistent or recurrent bleeding. A...
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| description | Upper gastrointestinal bleeding from peptic ulcer is a life
threatening emergency. Clinical risk factors for fatal outcome have been defined,
and endoscopic predictors for rebleeding have been identified. Active ulcer
bleeding at endoscopy carries an 80% chance of persistent or recurrent bleeding.
A non bleeding visible vessel is associated with a 50% chance of rebleeding. These
endoscopic lesions should be treated endoscopically. Failure to obtain definitive
hemostasis endoscopically will necessitate emergency surgical treatment. |
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| institution | Kabale University |
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| language | English |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e6549064b3a8442a88872c7958c140392025-08-20T03:26:04ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79001990-01-014964764910.1155/1990/187323Approach to Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding - When to Treat?P RutgeertsUpper gastrointestinal bleeding from peptic ulcer is a life threatening emergency. Clinical risk factors for fatal outcome have been defined, and endoscopic predictors for rebleeding have been identified. Active ulcer bleeding at endoscopy carries an 80% chance of persistent or recurrent bleeding. A non bleeding visible vessel is associated with a 50% chance of rebleeding. These endoscopic lesions should be treated endoscopically. Failure to obtain definitive hemostasis endoscopically will necessitate emergency surgical treatment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1990/187323 |
| spellingShingle | P Rutgeerts Approach to Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding - When to Treat? Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Approach to Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding - When to Treat? |
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| title_fullStr | Approach to Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding - When to Treat? |
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| title_short | Approach to Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding - When to Treat? |
| title_sort | approach to upper gastrointestinal bleeding when to treat |
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