Open AccessA prospective cohort study of patients presenting to the emergency department with upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Author(s) -
Vrinda Shenoy,
Sarina Shah,
Sathish Kumar,
Deepu David,
Karthik Gunasekaran,
G. Hannah Priya,
Bagyalakshmi Selvaraj,
Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1996_20
Subject(s) - medicine , melena , etiology , emergency department , bleed , prospective cohort study , upper gastrointestinal bleeding , mortality rate , esophagogastroduodenoscopy , cohort , peptic , surgery , endoscopy , gastroenterology , peptic ulcer , psychiatry
Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding is a common presentation to the Emergency Department (ED), and is associated with re-bleeding and significant mortality. Although several studies have described etiology and outcome of UGI bleeding, few have been done in the EDs.