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Upper gastrointestinal bleed

Prevalence
Causes
Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis
Causes

Common causes include b  
  • gastric or duodenal ulcers
  • gastric erosions
  • varices
  • Mallory-Weiss tear
  • oesophagitis
Rarer causes include  
  • tumours b  
  • angiodysplasia

Expiry date: July 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   A   Townsend , CM   Ball
Reviewer   L   Friedman
CAT Writers   A   Townsend , CM   Ball , CJ   Wotton