TY - JOUR
T1 - Endoscopic therapy for bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract
AU - Lieberman, D.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Advanced in endoscopic therapy have dramatically altered the approach to acute upper gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage. It can no longer be assumed that early endoscopic evaluation of this condition does not affect outcome. In the management of selected patients with nonvariceal hemorrhage, endoscopic therapy affects rate of rebleeding, need for surgery and transfusions, and length of hospitalization. For patients with variceal hemorrhage, the impact of endoscopic treatment is less clear. The endoscopic advances of the past decade have been exciting and have presented new challenges. Future investigators need to better define subgroups of patients who will benefit from this technology and determine which of the many techniques available will be safest and most efficacious.
AB - Advanced in endoscopic therapy have dramatically altered the approach to acute upper gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage. It can no longer be assumed that early endoscopic evaluation of this condition does not affect outcome. In the management of selected patients with nonvariceal hemorrhage, endoscopic therapy affects rate of rebleeding, need for surgery and transfusions, and length of hospitalization. For patients with variceal hemorrhage, the impact of endoscopic treatment is less clear. The endoscopic advances of the past decade have been exciting and have presented new challenges. Future investigators need to better define subgroups of patients who will benefit from this technology and determine which of the many techniques available will be safest and most efficacious.
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U2 - 10.1080/00325481.1990.11704595
DO - 10.1080/00325481.1990.11704595
M3 - Article
C2 - 2315259
AN - SCOPUS:0025265445
SN - 0032-5481
VL - 87
SP - 75-82+87-88
JO - Postgraduate medicine
JF - Postgraduate medicine
IS - 4
ER -