Routine Endoscopy in Upper-Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding

M. J.S. Langman; M. W. Dronfield; M. Atkinson; John F. Morrissey; Robert M. Craig; Rudolph M. Navari; Thomas W. Sheehy; Jack D. Welsh; Robert A. Rankin; Stephen E. Hedberg; Walter L. Peterson; Harold O. Conn

doi:10.1056/NEJM198204083061414

Routine Endoscopy in Upper-Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding

M. J.S. Langman, M. W. Dronfield, M. Atkinson, John F. Morrissey, Robert M. Craig, Rudolph M. Navari, Thomas W. Sheehy, Jack D. Welsh, Robert A. Rankin, Stephen E. Hedberg, Walter L. Peterson, Harold O. Conn

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To the Editor: Dr. Peterson and his colleagues¹ report that routine early endoscopy does not influence the outcome in acute upper-gastrointestinal-tract bleeding (April 16, 1981, issue). Their study has particular value in that the population examined contained a high proportion of patients with alcoholic liver disease, whereas there were few such patients in the investigation that we conducted here. We were surprised to read that Dr. Peterson and his colleagues found two drawbacks of our study: that patients were not entered in a consecutive fashion and that “many patients” underwent endoscopy more than 24 hours after admission. Our report² states.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	869-871
Number of pages	3
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	306
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198204083061414
State	Published - Apr 8 1982

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