Authors: Anne Marie Lennon Anthony N Kalloo
Publish Date: 2010/01/05
Volume: 55, Issue: 2, Pages: 223-225
Abstract
This editorial refers to “Hydrogen peroxide H2O2 improves the visibility of ulcer bases in acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding a singlecenter prospective study” in the November 2009 issue of Digestive Diseases and Sciences pages 2427–2433Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding remains the most common medical emergency managed by gastroenterologists with an incidence of 37–172 per 100000 of the population per year Despite advances in medical and endoscopic treatment morality remains at between 3 and 14 rising to 33 for patients developing secondary upper gastrointestinal bleeding following admission for other reasons 1 2 Gastroduodenal ulcer disease is the commonest cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding accounting for almost 50 of admission caused by acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding with 15000 annual hospital admissions in the United States and an estimated cost of 750 million 3 4
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