Systematic Review of the Epidemiology of Complicated Peptic Ulcer Disease: Incidence, Recurrence, Risk Factors and Mortality | Zendy

James Y. Lau | Zendy; Joseph J.Y. Sung | Zendy; Catherine Hill | Zendy; Catherine Henderson | Zendy; Colin W. Howden | Zendy; David C. Metz | Zendy

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Systematic Review of the Epidemiology of Complicated Peptic Ulcer Disease: Incidence, Recurrence, Risk Factors and Mortality

Author(s) -

James Y. Lau,

Joseph J.Y. Sung,

Catherine Hill,

Catherine Henderson,

Colin W. Howden,

David C. Metz

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

digestion

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.882

H-Index - 75

eISSN - 1421-9867

pISSN - 0012-2823

DOI - 10.1159/000323958

Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , helicobacter pylori , peptic , gastroenterology , disease , comorbidity , peptic ulcer , surgery , physics , materials science , optics , punching , metallurgy

The incidence of uncomplicated peptic ulcer has decreased in recent years. It is unclear what the impact of this has been on the epidemiology of peptic ulcer complications. This systematic review aimed to determine the incidence, recurrence and mortality of complicated peptic ulcer and the risk factors associated with these events.

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