Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage-a review of 100 cases.
The case records of the last 100 consecutive patients with upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding admitted to the adult section of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital have been analysed with attention to presentation, investigations, aetiology, management and mortality. The period of these admissions was almost three years-from May, 1971, to June, 1974.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D004630:Emergencies; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000628:therapy