Response to Nahon et al. and Marmo et al

Comment

Grigorios I Leontiadis et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Sep.

. 2013 Sep;108(9):1534-5.

doi: 10.1038/ajg.2013.195.

No abstract available

Comment on

Effect of comorbidity on mortality in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Leontiadis GI, Molloy-Bland M, Moayyedi P, Howden CW. Leontiadis GI, et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Mar;108(3):331-45; quiz 346. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2012.451. Epub 2013 Feb 5. Am J Gastroenterol. 2013. PMID: 23381016
Impact of comorbidity on mortality in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding: confirmative data of a French prospective study.
Nahon S, Pariente A; group of investigators of the ANGH (Association Nationale des Gastroentérologues des Hôpitaux Généraux). Nahon S, et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Sep;108(9):1532-3. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2013.189. Am J Gastroenterol. 2013. PMID: 24005351 No abstract available.
Treat the patient, not just the source of bleeding.
Marmo R, Bucci C, Rea M, Rotondano G. Marmo R, et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Sep;108(9):1533-4. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2013.190. Am J Gastroenterol. 2013. PMID: 24005352 No abstract available.