Risk Stratification in Perforated Peptic Ulcer: The Peptic Ulcer Perforation Score

Perforated Peptic Ulcer.

Perforated peptic ulcer

Perforated peptic ulcer is a common emergency condition worldwide, with associated mortality rates of up to 30%. A scarcity of high-quality studies about the condition limits the knowledge base for clinical decision making, but a few published randomised trials are available. Although Helicobacter pylori and use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are common causes, demographic differences...

Gastro-duodenal peptic ulcer perforation.

OBJECTIVES To determine the epidemiology of, and define the morbidity and mortality factors following emergency surgery for patients with perforated peptic ulcer disease in Accra, Ghana. DESIGN A retrospective and prospective hospital-based study. SETTING The general and paediatric surgical wards of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Demography, the systolic BP, pulse r...

Perforated peptic ulcer in an adolescent girl.

A perforated peptic ulcer in a child is a rare entity. Severe abdominal pain in an ill-appearing child with a rigid abdomen and possibly with signs of shock is the typical presenting feature of this life-threatening complication of peptic ulcer disease. We present a case of a 14.5-year-old adolescent girl who developed abdominal and shoulder pain that resolved after 1 day. She was then complete...

Acase of Retroperitoneal Castlema\'s Disease with Perforated Peptic Ulcer

SUMMARY Castleman's disease is a rare condition. In its classic form Castlema's is a solitary lesion, two third of patients have tumour like mass in the mediastinum. Extrathoracic sites also could be affected including those where lymph nodes normaly occur ancl rarely tissues where lymph nodes are not found. More recently there have been several reports of patients with multi centeric involvem...