Prediction of rebleeding from peptic ulcer experience with an endoscopic Doppler device.
An endoscopic Doppler device has been used to predict which patients with bleeding peptic ulcers will require surgery to stop their bleeding. The results show that if a Doppler signal can be elicited from an ulcer then the likelihood of rebleeding sufficient to require surgery or lead to death is increased very significantly.
D000368:Aged; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012008:Recurrence; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D014463:Ultrasonography