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Upper gastrointestinal bleed

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There is no clear benefit from immediate surgery for all patients with non-variceal bleeding c

Why?

  • Patients who have surgery within 6 hours of admissions are not clearly less likely to die than patients who only have surgery in an emergency (massive bleed or continued to bleed despite endoscopy) c

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