Clinical Profile, Severity and Outcome of Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Elderly Patients Compared to Non-elderly Patients: A Prospective Observational Study.
Conclusion: Nearly 33% of the patients with acute UGIB are over 60 years old. The severity of bleeding and mortality rates was higher in elderly in comparison to non-elderly patients.
PMID: 31561685 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research
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