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abstract: The results of treatment of 639 patients with acute esophagogastroduodenal bleeding have been analysed. There were the following causes of bleeding: in 66.4%--ulcer disease, in 9.1%--gastric tumours, in 7.3%--erosive gastritis, in 6.4%--portal hypertension, in 9.1%--the other. In 1.7% of patients, a cause was not established. Conservative treatment was performed in 59% of patients, surgery--in 41%. Complications developed in 24.9% of the patients, 8.6% died.