Risk factors for upper gastrointestinal bleeding among aspirin users: An old issue with new findings from a population-based cohort study.

CONCLUSION: In addition to age, male gender, H. pylori infection, and concomitant use of NSAIDs, COX-2 inhibitors, steroids, and thienopyridines, underlying co-morbidities including diabetes, CKD, cirrhosis, history of PUD are also important risk factors for first-time occurrence of non-variceal UGIB in aspirin users.
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Source: J Formos Med Assoc - October 23, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Luo PJ, Lin XH, Lin CC, Luo JC, Hu HY, Ting PH, Hou MC Tags: J Formos Med Assoc Source Type: research