Open AccessRisk factors of in-hospital mortality among patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and acute myocardial infarction
Author(s) -
He Ling,
Jianwei Zhang,
Shutian Zhang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_492_17
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , incidence (geometry) , creatinine , white blood cell , gastroenterology , natriuretic peptide , mortality rate , logistic regression , hemoglobin , heart failure , physics , optics
Patients with simultaneous upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have higher mortality than patients with either GIB or AMI. We aimed to assess the incidence and risk factors of in-hospital mortality in patients with UGIB and AMI.