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Review
. 2001 Nov 10;323(7321):1115-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7321.1115.

ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage

H J Dallal, K R Palmer
Review

ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage

H J Dallal et al. BMJ. .
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Endoscopic stigmata associated with high risk of further gastrointestinal bleeding. Top left: an active, spurting haemorrhage from a peptic ulcer is associated with an 80% risk of continuing bleeding or rebleeding in shocked patients. Top right: a non-bleeding, visible vessel represents either a pseudoaneurysm of an eroded artery or a closely adherent clot, and 50% of such patients rebleed in hospital. Left: large varices with red spots are also strongly associated with bleeding
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Endoscopic stigmata associated with high risk of further gastrointestinal bleeding. Top left: an active, spurting haemorrhage from a peptic ulcer is associated with an 80% risk of continuing bleeding or rebleeding in shocked patients. Top right: a non-bleeding, visible vessel represents either a pseudoaneurysm of an eroded artery or a closely adherent clot, and 50% of such patients rebleed in hospital. Left: large varices with red spots are also strongly associated with bleeding
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Endoscopic stigmata associated with high risk of further gastrointestinal bleeding. Top left: an active, spurting haemorrhage from a peptic ulcer is associated with an 80% risk of continuing bleeding or rebleeding in shocked patients. Top right: a non-bleeding, visible vessel represents either a pseudoaneurysm of an eroded artery or a closely adherent clot, and 50% of such patients rebleed in hospital. Left: large varices with red spots are also strongly associated with bleeding
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Causes of acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage
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Gross ascites and distended abdominal veins in advanced cirrhosis
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Algorithm for diagnosis and management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (SRH=stigmata of recent haemorrhage, TIPPS=transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt)
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Minnesota tube
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Endoscopic treatment of varices. Intravariceal injection of sclerosant (left) and band ligation of oesophageal varices (right)
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Endoscopic treatment of varices. Intravariceal injection of sclerosant (left) and band ligation of oesophageal varices (right)
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