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EMERGENCY SURGERY FOR THE COMPLICATIONS OF PEPTIC ULCER IN THE ELDERLY
Author(s) -
PILLAY S. P.,
HARDIE I. R.,
BURNETT W.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1981.tb05259.x
Subject(s) - medicine , peptic ulcer , general surgery , emergency surgery , surgery , peptic , intensive care medicine
An analysis of 37 patients over the age of 65 years who underwent emergency surgery for complications of peptic ulcer Is presented. A major predisposing factor to these complications was the use of ulcerogenic drugs that were prescribed for chronic musculo‐skeletal aliments. The overall mortality was 23.5%, and was mainly related to pre‐existing cardlo‐pulmonary disease.