PMID: 6969737Sep 1, 1980Paper

UGI bleeding in a nonalcoholic population with portal hypertension

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
Y Naparstek, D Rachmilewitz

Abstract

We examined 27 patients with portal hypertension admitted because of acute UGI bleeding endoscopically within 24 hours. We identified esophageal-gastric varices as the bleeding source in 22 patients, and found no acute mucosal lesions in any of them. In only four patients was chronic liver disease due to alcohol consumption. We therefore suggest that acute mucosal lesions as a cause of UGI bleeding in patients with portal hypertension are common only in those with alcoholic cirrhosis.

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Feb 1, 1987·Digestive Diseases and Sciences·J P WrightN Tigler-Wybrandi
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