The Forrest IA type upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage durin the past decade

Introduction: The authors have experienced that in the several years of time Forrest type IA hemorrhage in the upper digestive tract has appeared more often. Retrospectively they have analyzed the data of the past ten years (1996–2006), patient's gender, history of the disease, localisation of lesion, effectiveness of haemostatic procedures applied, and necessity of surgery. Discussion: In 1996 137 patients (58 females, 79 males) were treated for non variceal upper digestive tract hemorrhage, while in 2006 we treated 151 (69 females, 82 males) patients for the same symptom. In 1996 we have found Forrest IA type…