Bleeding peptic ulcer - time trends in incidence, treatment and mortality in Sweden

Autor: Ervin Toth, Jonas Manjer, Anders Borgström, Gert Lindell, Jalal Sadic
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 30:392-398
ISSN: 1365-2036
0269-2813
Popis: Background: The incidence of peptic ulcer disease was expected to decrease following the introduction of acid inhibitors and H. pylori eradication. Aim: This study analyses possible changes in the incidence of bleeding peptic ulcer, treatment and mortality over time. Methods: Residents of Malmo hospitalised for bleeding gastric or duodenal ulcer disease1987-2004 were identified in hospital databases (n=1610). The material was divided in 6-year periods in order to identify changes over time. All patients who had been submitted to emergency surgery (n=137) were reviewed. Results: The incidence rate for bleeding gastric or duodenal ulcers decreased by one half in males and by one third in females and emergency operations decreased significantly (9.2, 7.5 and 5.7% during the three time periods respectively (p
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