Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50367#.VDsy4lfHRK0 Author(s) Yoshihiro Inoue , Yasuhisa Fujino , Makoto Onodera , Satoshi Kikuchi , Masayuki Sato , Hisaho Sato , Masahiro Kojika , Shigeatsu Endo Affiliation(s) Department of Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan . ABSTRACT We investigated 2668 patients with non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding and 660 patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding treated between 1987 and 2011 in our hospital. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding was associated with gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, Mallory-Weiss syndrome, esophageal disease, and others. Endoscopic hemostasis was performed in approxi...
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