Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System
Open Access

Review Article

Management of Non Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed

Sherif Safwat^*

Mid Essex Health Authority, UK

*Corresponding Author:

Sherif Safwat
Mid Essex Health Authority, UK
E-mail: Sherif.Safwat@meht.nhs.uk

Received date: March 08, 2013; Accepted date: March 31, 2013; Published date: April 02, 2013

Citation: Safwat S (2013) Management of Non Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed. J Gastroint Dig Syst S3:004. doi:10.4172/2161-069X.S3-004

Copyright: © 2013 Safwat S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding has 10% in-hospital mortality. Despite significant advances in the management, there has not been any improvement in mortality. The only improvement over the last 25 years has been in variceal bleeds. Increasing age and comorbidities are the major factors related to mortality. Early endoscopic management of severe upper GI bleeds improves survival. Adopting a system which identifies severe bleeding and vulnerable patients is essential.

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