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Outcome of holiday and nonholiday admission patients with acute peptic ulcer bleeding: a real-world report from southern Taiwan.

Tsung-Chin WuSeng-Kee ChuahKuo-Chin ChangCheng-Kun WuChung-Huang KuoKeng-Liang WuYi-Chun ChiuTsung-Hui HuWei-Chen Tai
Published in: BioMed research international (2014)
Patients who presented with peptic ulcer bleeding on holidays did not experience delayed endoscopy or increased adverse outcomes. In fact, patients who received endoscopic hemostasis on the holiday had shorter waiting times, needed less transfused blood, switched to oral PPIs quicker, and experienced shorter hospital stays.
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