INTRODUCTION Background/ rationale Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (AUGIB) is a common emergency. The incidence varies from 50 to 110 per 100,000 population. In the majority of patients with AUGIB, bleeding is self-limiting and often has stopped spontaneously on presentation. Traditionally
Gastritis is a very common disease in children. The main presentation of children with gastritis is recurrent abdominal pain and dyspepsia or vomiting. Young children may have hematemesis or melena as presentation. Drug induced or food related gastritis presents usually with acute symptoms but
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Coagulation dysfunction is frequent in patients with severe sepsis and it is associated with an increase risk of mortality. During sepsis platelets number usually decreases and their function is reduced and this mechanism is sustained by an inflammatory induced coagulopathy. Several
Heterotopic bone formation (HO) is a potentially serious complication of hip surgery. HO, defined as the formation of normal bone in an abnormal soft tissue location, results from alteration in the normal regulation of skeletogenesis. Although most patients remain asymptomatic despite HO
Hypothesis preoperative biliary decompression by Cholecystojejunostomy will reduce infective complication by 23% as compared to endocopic stenting INTRODUCTION Pancreaticoduodenectomy has been associated with a substantial postoperative morbidity and mortality. Advances in surgical techniques and
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