Medical aspects of gastro-intestinal haemorrhage.

Medical aspects of gastro-intestinal haemorrhage.

Most published figures show a mortality under conservative treatment of between 5 and 10% (note reduction corresponding to the introduction of blood transfusion). Though the mortality of haemorrhage from chronic gastric ulcer is considerably higher than at other sites the most important correlation is with age. Above 50 years the death rate increases sharply, and the third factor that significa...

Surgical aspects of gastro-intestinal haemorrhage.

Surgical management of idiopathic upper gastro-intestinal haemorrhage.

Of 776 patients admitted as emergency with acute upper gastro-intestinal haemorrhage, 260 were operated for uncontrollable bleeding. At surgery the cause of bleeding could not be determined in 42 (15%) cases. Vagotomy and drainage was done in 30 and gastric resection in 1 2 cases. Two patients died after gastrectomy (2/12). Follow up of 38 cases for 5 years showed good results. Two cases were l...

Gastro-intestinal helminths of ducks: Some Epidemiologic and pathologic aspects

A total of 206 ducks were subjected to routine postmortem examinations from July 2007 to June 2008. Of the ducks examined, 167 (81.1 %) were infected by one/more species of gastro-intestinal helminths. A total of ten species of helminth parasites were recovered from gastrointestinal tract, of which four species were trematodes namely: Echinostoma revolutum, Notocotylus attenuatus, Hypoderaeum c...

summary gastro-intestinal manifestations of hyperthyroidism

summary gastro-intestinal manifestations of hyperthyroidism