Profile and outcome of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding presenting to urban emergency departments of tertiary hospitals in Tanzania.
Shaffin S RajanHendry Robert SaweAsha J IyulluDereck A KaaleNancy A OlamboJuma A MfinangaEllen J WeberPublished in: BMC gastroenterology (2019)
In this urban ED in Sub-Saharan Africa, UGIB carried a high mortality rate. Age > 40 years and clinical Rockall score ≥ 4 were independent predictors of higher mortality. Future studies should focus on evaluating how to improve access to UGI endoscopy so as to improve outcomes.