Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the UK: patient characteristics, diagnoses and outcomes in the 2007 UK audit

Objective

To describe the patient characteristics, diagnoses and clinical outcomes of patients presenting with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (AUGIB) in the 2007 UK Audit.

Design

Multi-centre survey.

Setting

All UK hospitals admitting patients with AUGIB.

Participants

All adults (>16 years) presenting in or to UK hospitals with AUGIB between 1 May and 30 June 2007.

Results

Data on 6750...