title: [Acute gastric and duodenal distress lesions. Circumstances of appearance, endoscopic detection. Treatment].
abstract: Upper digestive hemorrhages in patients in a state of distress have been known for some time whether the stress if of surgical of medical origin. Emergency gastroscopy is of great interest in the field of diagnosis and operative indications. As regards treatment one should emphasise the interest of prevention. As for the treatment of hemorrhage, it should first be medical and cimetidine gives at present the best results. Surgical treatment remains however indicated in a certain number of cases. The choice of operation is still debatable.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Lésions gastriques et duodénales aiguës de "détresse". Circonstances de survenue, dépistage endoscopique. Traitement.