Upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis
E Schafer, K Rusznyák, Z Visnyei, K Dunkel, B Tolmácsi, T Szamosi, Z Czeglédi, M Varsányi, B Nádas, I Csizmazia, G Tolvaj, K Rábai, F Zsigmond, T Gyökeres, J Banai · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2011 · Heft 05
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Introduction: Acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage remains the most common medical emergency managed by the gastroenterologists with an incidence of 50–150 per 100.000 of population each year and associated mortality rates of 11–14%. Patients & methods: In 2010 188 pts were treated with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding in our department. 51% (96/188) of the pts had liver cirrhosis, related to heavy alcohol intake in 68.5%, to chronic hepatitis B in 5.7%, to chronic hepatitis C in 14.3%, to autoimmune liver disease in 5.7% and to liver malignancy in 5.7%. According to Child-Pugh classification 41% of pts wer…
