AN ANALYSIS OF 200 ADMISSIONS FOR MASSIVE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
Authors: E A BRADLEY, H CLAYTOR, E F ENGEL, B LAPIDUS, S L ZIMMERMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 October 1956AN ANALYSIS OF 200 ADMISSIONS FOR MASSIVE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDINGS. L. ZIMMERMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ENGEL, M.D., BERNARD LAPIDUS, M.D., EDWARD A. BRADLEY, M.D., HUBERT CLAYTOR, M.D.S. L. ZIMMERMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, EDWARD F. ENGEL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, BERNARD LAPIDUS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EDWARD A. BRADLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HUBERT CLAYTOR, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-4-653 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt appeared of great interest to the medical staff at this hospital to analyze critically the results of treatment of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Accordingly, all such admissions between 1947 and June, 1953, were reviewed and subjected to critical analysis. It was at once apparent that certain arbitrary standards would be necessary for such analysis, and it was accordingly decided to include all admissions with upper gastrointestinal bleeding whose red blood count was less than 3.5 million, or whose hemoglobin was less than 10 gm. at the onset of therapy, or at any time subsequent to the initiation of therapy. Because...Bibliography1. IvyGrossmanBachrach ACMIWH: Peptic ulcer, The Blakiston Co., Philadelphia, 1950. Google Scholar2. AllenBenedict AWEB: Acute massive hemorrhage from duodenal ulcer, Ann. Surg. 98: 736, 1933. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Baker C: Bleeding peptic ulcer, Guy's Hosp. Rep. 96: 1, 1947. Google Scholar4. SullensSteigmannMeyer WEFKA: Surgical considerations in upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, Arch. Surg. 59: 1244, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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Zimmerman, Chief.Reviewed in the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are the result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.Requests for reprints should be addressed to S. L. Zimmerman, M.D., Chief, Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina. 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