[Hemorrhage in erosive gastritis]

The authors have examined 381 patients admitted with acute hemorrhage from the upper portion of the gastrointestinal tract. In 58 patients erosive gastritis was found by means of urgent gastroduodenoscopy. The clinical picture of this severe affection, the possibilities of diagnosis and the policy of treatment are described. Electron-microscopic studies of the gastric mucosa in erosive gastritis have evidenced different genesis of the erosions.