Open AccessAcute upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Author(s) -
Ivan Jovanović,
D. S. Popović,
Srdjan Djuranović,
Aleksandra Pavlović,
N.S. Mijalkovic,
Dj. Culafić,
Miodrag Krstić
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acta chirurgica iugoslavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0887
pISSN - 0354-950X
DOI - 10.2298/aci0701021j
Subject(s) - medicine , upper gastrointestinal bleeding , endoscopy , hepatology , emergency department , retrospective cohort study , melena , gastroenterology , observational study , psychiatry
Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding is the commonest emergency managed by gastroenterologist. Our aim was to assess the frequency of erosive gastropathy as a cause of upper GI bleeding as well as its relation to age. gender and known risk factors.