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JOHN S. LaDUE, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1939;63(6):1017-1029.

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There is no general agreement among internists on the question of withholding or giving food to patients with bleeding peptic ulcer. Most clinicians advocate a period of fasting, the giving of fluids and transfusions when needed and rest. Allen and Benedict¹ reported 138 cases of massive hemorrhage with a mortality of 14.5 per cent. This did not, however, include gross hemorrhage of mild and moderate degree, the mortality of all patients treated for gross hemorrhage being less than 2 per cent. Goldman² noted 40 deaths in 349 cases of gross hemorrhage, a mortality of 11.5 per cent. Eggleston³ treated 95 patients without a fatality. Hinton⁴ reported 52 cases, with a 20 per cent mortality; Westermann,⁵ 50 cases with a 20 per cent mortality; Hendon,⁶ 46 cases with a 19 per cent mortality, and Manheim,⁷ 101 cases with an 8.9 per cent mortality for patients submitted to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Medical Service of Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn.

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