Epidemiology of digestive bleeding
Gastrointestinal bleeding is a common clinical entity and the main gastroenterological emergency. Since 1994 the Digestive Bleeding Unit, Hospital Rebagliati has acquired great experience in this field. 83% are upper GI bleedings and 17% lower GI bleedings, 63% are male and 37% female. Two thirds ar...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Colegio Médico del Perú |
| Repositorio: | Acta Médica Peruana |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:amp.cmp.org.pe:article/1187 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://amp.cmp.org.pe/index.php/AMP/article/view/1187 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Unidad de hemorragia digestiva Hemorragia digestiva alta Hemorragia digestiva baja Mortalidad Digestive bleeding unit Upper gastrointestinal bleeding Lower gastrointestinal bleeding Mortality |
| Sumario: | Gastrointestinal bleeding is a common clinical entity and the main gastroenterological emergency. Since 1994 the Digestive Bleeding Unit, Hospital Rebagliati has acquired great experience in this field. 83% are upper GI bleedings and 17% lower GI bleedings, 63% are male and 37% female. Two thirds are older than 60. The main upper GI diagnoses are: duodenal ulcer (24,5%), gastric ulcer (19,8%) and gastroesophageal varices (15%). The main lower GI diagnosis is colon diverticulosis. The mortality rate in a specialized unit like ours is as low as 3% and the main factors involved are: amount of bleeding, liver cirrhosis, presence of hematemesis. |
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