title: [Acute hemorrhage in the upper gastrointestinal tract].
abstract: Bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a frequent and complex emergency. There are guidelines for acute medical treatment, established endoscopic treatment as well as surgical and radiological rescue procedures. Nevertheless, the mortality of the upper GI tract bleeding is high, which is due to the fact that affected patients often have serious preexisting illnesses.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland. busch.markus@mh-hannover.de.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lankisch
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: von Hahn
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D041742:Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
keywords: Angiodysplasia; Endoscopy, gastrointestinal; Esophageal and gastric varices; Mallory Weiss syndrome; Risk assessment