Reduced long-term survival following major peptic ulcer haemorrhage

Autor:	A. K. Kubba, C. Rajgopal, C. P. Choudari, K. R. Palmer, Subrata Ghosh
Rok vydání:	1997
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Vascular disease business.industry Late outcome Disease medicine.disease Gastroenterology digestive system diseases Recurrent ulcer Peptic ulcer Internal medicine Long term survival medicine In patient Risk factor business
Zdroj:	British Journal of Surgery. 84:265-268
ISSN:	0007-1323
DOI:	10.1046/j.1365-2168.1997.02481.x
Popis:	Background The late outcome of patients who present with major peptic ulcer haemorrhage is unclear. An examination was made of the hypothesis that prognosis may be poor because many such patients have severe co-morbid diseases. Methods Some 121 patients treated endoscopically for severe peptic ulcer haemorrhage were followed for a median of 36 (range 30-76) months and outcome was compared with that of age-and sex-matched controls. Results Thirty patients (25 per cent) died during the follow-up period and Kaplan-Meier plots showed reduced survival in patients with ulcers (P
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