title: [Value of the emergency therapeutic endoscopy in gastrointestinal hemorrhage].
abstract: The experience in therapeutic digestive endoscopy is presented using injection technique with adrenalin-polidocanol of gastrointestinal hemorrhage lesions. One hundred and twenty nine patients were treated endoscopically; the medium age was 60 years; in almost 80% of the cases, peptic ulcer disease were found. The effectiveness was 91.4% when one session procedure was used and in some cases two sessions were applied, giving a final total arrest of hemorrhage of 95.3%. The total mortality still remain high (16.3%) even without bleeding, due to coexisting poor general conditions of the patients. The technique of endoscopic injection is reviewed and the final results of our work are presented.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blasco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cristaldo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D016558:Hemostasis, Endoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000077423:Polidocanol; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D000077423:Polidocanol; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D004837:Epinephrine