MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
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The management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Acute upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is one of the most common medical emergencies and most cases require urgent medical assessment. Half of all cases are due to peptic ulcer and this article focuses on non-variceal bleeding. The priority, following emergency hospital admission, is to support the circulation of the shocked patient rather than to identify the source of bleeding. After resu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The journal of the Japanese Practical Surgeon Society
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0386-9776
DOI: 10.3919/ringe1963.41.422