Abstract:Background Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding (UGIB) is a common Emergency Department (ED) presentation with high morbidity and mortality. There is a paucity of data on the profile and outcome of patients who present with UGIB to EDs, especially within limited resource settings where emergency medicine is a new specialty. We aim to describe the patient profile, clinical severity and outcomes of the patients who present with UGIB to the ED of tertiary referral hospitals in Tanzania.Methodology This was a prospecti… Show more
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