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[Upper digestive hemorrhage in patients older than 60 years of age]
A Serrano de Acero1, C Parra Luque, M D'Albenzio
1Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo.
G.E.N
|April 1, 1993
Abstract:
We reviewed 286 records of patients older than 60 years with upper GI bleeding from 1985 to 1990. The average age was 72.7 +/- 8.9 y. The most common etiologies were: Gastric Ulcer 26%, Erosive gastritis 24%, Esophageal varices 16%, Duodenal Ulcer 13%, Miscellaneous 17% and Unknown causes 3%. Global mortality rate was 38% and the most frequent cause was variceal bleeding in 36%.