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Upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis: clinical and endoscopic correlations
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The clinical data of 180 episodes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in 168 patients with cirrhosis of the liver are examined. The source of bleeding had been determined by early endoscopy in all cases. In men under the age of 50 years, and without symptoms of liver failure, bleeding was due to ruptured gastro-oesophageal varices in 84% of cases. Severe liver failure was associated with acute lesions of gastric mucosa in many cases. No presumptive diagnosis of the source of haemorrhage could be based on the examination of other clinical data (presence of ascites, mode of presentation and pattern of bleeding, history of ulcer disease, alcoholism, and previous medication.
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TERÉS QUILES, José, et al. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis: clinical and endoscopic correlations. Gut. 1976. Vol. 17, num. 37-40. ISSN 0017-5749. [consulted: 17 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/18671