Hemorrhage
Conditions
Keywords
surgical patients, gastrointestinal bleeding
Brief summary
Retrospective analysis of surgical patients with relevant gastrointestinal bleeding situations and indication for endoscopy for bleeding
Detailed description
We performed an analysis of all adult, surgial patients with indication for emergency endoscopy because of relevant gastrointestinal bleeding situations. A retrospective analysisof the incidence, causes, endoscopic findings and therapy and the outcome of bleeding situations during a 24-mounths interval in the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 was performed at our tertiary centre. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. Patient records as well as database were analyzed for therapy-specific items.
Interventions
PROCEDUREemergency endoscopy
emergency endoscopy for gastrointestinal bleeding situation before or after surgery
Sponsors
University Hospital Tuebingen
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients of the University Hospital of Tübingen Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery with gastrointestinal bleeding situations
Exclusion criteria
* younger patients * patients without indication for emergency endoscopy for bleeding situations
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| rate identification of bleeding sources | 24 months | endoscopic reports with identification of bleeding sources |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed