Abstract:was collected retrospectively from patient case notes, endoscopy reporting system and emergency theatre records. Results 77 cases of AUGIB were identified with gender distribution of 56% males and 44% females. The median age of presentation was 67 years (range 20-93 years). Most cases of AUGIB (71%) were acute admissions with the rest occurring among in-patients.A major improvement in the service is that all patients had at least one endoscopy during their presentation with most endoscopies (67%) performed wit… Show more
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