منابع مشابه
Gastrointestinal bleeding.
Exsanguinating hemorrhage often results from a duodenal ulcer penetrating the posterior wall. If the patient's condition does not stabilize after replacement of 25 percent of the blood volume, surgery must be undertaken immediately. For the patient who presents in shock but becomes stable with volume replacement, endoscopy or arteriography may be performed, depending on the presumed site of ble...
متن کاملGastrointestinal Bleeding
Lower GI bleeding (LGIB) afflicts 20 to 27 of every 100,000 persons annually in the United States. The rate of LGIB increases more than 200-fold from the third to the ninth decade of life, with 25% to 35% of all cases occurring in elderly patients. It is one of the common medical emergencies that can become life-threatening in elderly patients. Risk stratification for LGIB by Strate et al. has ...
متن کامل[Gastrointestinal bleeding]
OBJECTIVE: To present an analysis of the occurrence of gastrointestinal bleeding in children and emphasize: i) diagnostic methods; ii) the organized use of different therapeutic approaches in upper gastrointestinal bleeding; iii) the review of concepts, classifications and techniques used in endoscopy, which are important to the practice of clinical pediatrics. METHODS: Literary review of chapt...
متن کاملGastrointestinal bleeding.
• On the basis of strong research evidence, children with severe upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding should be treated with intravenous proton pump inhibitors. • On the basis of some research evidence and consensus, children with severe gastrointestinal bleeding should be evaluated by endoscopy. • On the basis of some research evidence and consensus, children in whom endoscopy has not been ab...
متن کامل[Gastrointestinal bleeding].
Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) accounts for more than 1 million hospitalizations annually in the United States, with significant morbidity, mortality, and economic burden. GIB is traditionally classified by the bleeding source—upper GIB (UGIB) is proximal and lower GIB (LGIB) is distal to the ligament of Treitz in the terminal duodenum. UGIB accounts for more than 500,000 U.S. hospital admissi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1863-9933,1863-9941
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-011-0135-0