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Sources of bleeding in upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: A re-evaluation

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Two hundred fifty consecutive patients admitted for upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage were examined by endoscopy within 24 hr. of admission. The technic proved safe and was tolerated well. One hundred twenty-seven diagnoses (50.8%) were established by endoscopy alone. The incidence of duodenal ulcer (20%) as the bleeding source was strikingly below the figure usually quoted. Erosive gastritis and esophageal varices were the bleeding sources in 20% and 17.2% respectively, while 22% remained undiagnosed.

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  1. From the Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, and the Department of Surgery, New York Medical College-Metropolitan Medical Center, New York, N. Y.

    David Katz M.D., Peter Douvres M.D., Herbert Weisberg M.D., Robert Charm M.D. & William McKinnon M.D.

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This study was supported in part by Training Grant 41-79A from the U.S. Public Health Service, and Contract No. U-1373 from the Health Research Council of the City of New York.

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Katz, D., Douvres, P., Weisberg, H. et al. Sources of bleeding in upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: A re-evaluation. Digest Dis Sci 9, 447–458 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02283915

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