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Upper gastrointestinal bleed

Prevalence
Causes
Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
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Prognosis
Therapy

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?

  • There is no clear increase in the rate of rebleeding compared with waiting for 36 hours. d

Expiry date: July 2003
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Author   A   Townsend , CM   Ball
Reviewer   L   Friedman
CAT Writers   A   Townsend , CM   Ball , CJ   Wotton