| Upper gastrointestinal bleed |
| Prevalence Causes Clinical features Investigations Therapy Prevention Prognosis |
Patients with a Mallory-Weiss tear or an ulcer (with a clean base, a flat pigmented spot or an adherent clot) can start eating immediately on recovery from endoscopy d Why? |
Expiry date: July 2003
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| Author | A Townsend , CM Ball |
| Reviewer | L Friedman |
| CAT Writers | A Townsend , CM Ball , CJ Wotton |