Background Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) remains a major cause of hospital
admission worldwide. The recent UK National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome …

Objectives The understanding of changes in comorbidity might improve the management of
upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB); such changes might not be detectable in short-term …

Objective To determine whether short-term changes in liver tests (bilirubin, albumin, gamma
glutamyl transferase, alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate …

Background Iron deficiency (ID) is often an indicator of underlying pathology. Early detection
and treatment avoids long‐term morbidity and allows for prompt iron repletion, avoiding ID …

Method For each year within the study period, the total number of known cancer diagnoses
was ascertained from cancer audit data submissions, identifying the 'true …

Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common medical emergency associated with a
significant mortality and impact upon healthcare resources. The clinical presentation and …

Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common hospital presentation with high
mortality. Presentation is across age groups and affected by increasingly complex …

Introduction Liver disease is the fifth most common cause of death in the UK. 1 Patients with
chronic liver disease (CLD) and its complications present frequently to hospital; when their …

Methods: We performed a comprehensive retrospective case note analysis of patients who
died of CLD (or complications) in a teaching hospital over a period of 12 months (n= 77) …

Sa1136 Pre-Endoscopic Intravenous Proton Pump Inhibition and the Outcomes of Acute
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