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Popovici C, Matei D, Tőrők-Vistai T, et al. Non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: clinical, therapeutic and evolution aspects. Comparison between a tertiary medical center and a municipal hospital. Clujul Med. 2013;86(4):340-3
Popovici, C., Matei, D., Tőrők-Vistai, T., Lazar, M., & Pascu, O. (2013). Non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: clinical, therapeutic and evolution aspects. Comparison between a tertiary medical center and a municipal hospital. Clujul medical (1957), 86(4), 340-3.
Popovici, Cornelia, et al. "Non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: clinical, therapeutic and evolution aspects. Comparison between a tertiary medical center and a municipal hospital." Clujul medical (1957) vol. 86,4 (2013): 340-3.
Popovici C, Matei D, Tőrők-Vistai T, Lazar M, Pascu O. Non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: clinical, therapeutic and evolution aspects. Comparison between a tertiary medical center and a municipal hospital. Clujul Med. 2013;86(4):340-3. Epub 2013 Nov 06. PMID: 26527974; PMCID: PMC4462464.
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Clujul Med. 2013;86(4):340-3. Epub 2013 Nov 06.

Non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: clinical, therapeutic and evolution aspects. Comparison between a tertiary medical center and a municipal hospital.

Clujul medical (1957)

Cornelia Popovici, Daniela Matei, Tünde Tőrők-Vistai, Mircea Lazar, Oliviu Pascu

Affiliations

  1. Departament of Gastroenterology, Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  2. Departament of Gastroenterology, "Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor" Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  3. Departament of Hematology, "Ion Chiricuta" Oncology Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  4. Municipal Hospital "Dr. A Simionescu" Hunedoara.

PMID: 26527974 PMCID: PMC4462464

Abstract

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is one of the most common emergencies in gastroenterology practice. In recent years, the introduction of urgent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE) and of the treatment with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in high doses has resulted in an improvement of the treatment outcome in patients with UGIB, but without a significant improvement in mortality rates. In our study we compared the epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic, and prognostic aspects in patients with non-variceal UGIB admitted over a period of one year in a tertiary center where urgent UGIE is a routine procedure and in a municipal hospital where UGIE with endoscopic hemostasis is not available. Patients admitted to the tertiary medical center had more clinical and endoscopic severity factors compared to those from the municipal hospital: they were older, with more frequent intake of NSAIDs, several comorbidities, some of them severe, and more severe posthemorrhagic anemia. The endoscopic examination revealed that active bleeding and stigmata of recent hemorrhage were more frequent in these patients. Urgent UGIE and, where necessary because of lesions, endoscopic hemostasis were performed in most of these patients. Patients admitted to the municipal hospital were treated more frequently with high-dose intravenous PPIs. Patients undergoing urgent UGIE and endoscopic therapy had a shorter duration of hospitalization. However, there were no differences regarding the need for surgery or mortality rates. The results of our study are consistent with the literature.

Keywords: emergency endoscopy; gastric antisecretory; non-variceal UGIB

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