Abstract

ACOSTA GONZALEZ, Daniel; RODRIGUEZ FERNANDEZ, Zenén; FONG ESTRADA, Juana Adela  and  PAGES GOMEZ, Odalis. Characterization of the elderly patient with upper digestive hemorrhage. MEDISAN [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive, observational and cross-sectional study of 40 elderly patients with upper digestive hemorrhage, admitted at the Service of General Surgery of "Dr. Ambrosio Grillo Portuondo" Teaching Clinical-Surgical Hospital from Santiago de Cuba during the 2007 was carried out, in order to characterize them by means of a series of variables related to this diagnosis. The primary data were obtained from the corresponding medical records. Among the main results there were: the male sex, the age group from 60 to 69 years, the associated cardiovascular diseases, the alcohol and coffee intake as toxic habits and the use of anti-inflammatory and non-steroid medications and aspirin as ulcerogenic drug. The diagnosis was reached by means of the barium contrast x-ray and the gastroduodenal ulcer was the most frequent cause; the medical treatment was the most used and most of the patients were discharged between 1 and 7 days after their hospitalization.

Keywords : GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE [radiography]; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE [etiology]; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE [therapy]; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE [complications]; PEPTIC ULCER [complications]; ENDOSCOPY,DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL.

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