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About 75% of patients presenting to the emergency room with GI bleeding have an upper source. The diagnosis is easier when the patient has hematemesis. In the absence of hematemesis, 40% to 50% of patients in the emergency room with GI bleeding have an upper source | About 75% of patients presenting to the emergency room with GI bleeding have an upper source. The diagnosis is easier when the patient has hematemesis. In the absence of hematemesis, 40% to 50% of patients in the emergency room with GI bleeding have an upper source. | ||
==Epidemiology== | ==Epidemiology== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
About 75% of patients presenting to the emergency room with GI bleeding have an upper source. The diagnosis is easier when the patient has hematemesis. In the absence of hematemesis, 40% to 50% of patients in the emergency room with GI bleeding have an upper source.
Epidemiology
Incidence
- The incidence of acute UGIB is approximately 50 to 100 per 100,000 individuals worldwide.[1][2]
- Approximately 100,000 patients are admitted to US hospitals for therapy for UGIB.
Demographics
Age
- Patients of all age groups may develop upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
- The population with UGIB has become progressively older, with a concurrent increase in significant comorbidities that increase mortality.
- Mortality increases with older age (>60 y), in both males and females.
Race
There is no racial predilection to upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Gender
Males are more commonly affected by UGIB than females. The males to female ratio is approximately 2 to 1.
References
- ↑ El-Tawil AM (2012). "Trends on gastrointestinal bleeding and mortality: where are we standing?". World J. Gastroenterol. 18 (11): 1154–8. doi:10.3748/wjg.v18.i11.1154. PMC 3309903. PMID 22468077.
- ↑ van Leerdam ME (2008). "Epidemiology of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding". Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 22 (2): 209–24. doi:10.1016/j.bpg.2007.10.011. PMID 18346679.